On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:22:52 -0500 Patrick Wiseman <pwise...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Scott Ferguson > <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 01/01/12 10:35, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Scott Ferguson > >> <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> On 01/01/12 07:16, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > >>>> Hi: > >>>> > >>>> I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with a Rosetta Stone > >>>> language program on a Linux box, either the web-based or the DVD > >>>> program. �I want to (re)learn French, and most reviews suggest that > >>>> Rosetta Stone is the best. > >>>> > > <snipped> > > > >> At the product website, it says it > >> runs on Windows AND Mac OS X, which (you may or may not know) is UN*X > >> underneath, so there was at least a chance it might run on Linux, > >> depending on what format the DVD uses. (And the audio is MP3.) > > > > DVD format is not the problem. > > > > Large chunks of OSX are based on NeXT/FreeBSD - so maybe, with some > > work, it'll run on Debian KFreeBSD. I suspect Cocoa would need some > > coaxing though. > > I'm just guessing - but I'd suggest you don't buy the software on the > > strength of OSX == Unix (a posix *certification*), therefore as Debian > > == posix compliant == OSX software will run on it. > > I wasn't going to BUY it on that basis; I asked if anyone here had > experience with it on that basis. And, obviously, I know that OS X > software doesn't just "run" on Linux. I think you take me for an > idiot; I'm not. > > Patrick > > Hi Patrick, Happy New Year If you did decide to run in a VM, I'd recommend VMplayer rather than Virtualbox. Simply because IMO the sound & USB devices are handled better. HTH vive la anglais -- Happy New Year Best wishes / 73 Richard Bown e-mail: rich...@g8jvm.com or richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk nil carborundum a illegitemis ################################################################################## Ham Call G8JVM . OS Debian Wheezy/Sid amd64 on a Dual core AMD Athlon 5200, 4 GB RAM Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W ( degs mins ) QRV HF + VHF Microwave 23 cms:140W,13 cms:100W,6 cms:10W & 3 cms:5W ################################################################################## -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120101102706.023a7...@g8jvm.com