On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 20:41, Lorne wrote: > On Monday 10 February 2003 03:19 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Monday 10 Feb 2003 9:08 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > > >>Anne Wilson wrote: > > >>>On Saturday 08 Feb 2003 5:10 am, Mark Weaver wrote: > > >>>>If I > > >>>>wouldn'tn have to interact with the accounting system I wouldn't have > > >>>> to boot back into windows at all. > > >>> > > >>>Have you considered win4lin for that need? Not everything works under > > >>>it, but if your does the feeling of release is great. You run your > > >>>windows app without having to re-boot. You get the windows > > >>> functionality for that purpose, but with linux stability - and if it > > >>> does go down, you can exit without bringing down your whole > > >>> workstation. > > >>> > > >>>It's not free, but there's a money-back guarantee, I understand. > > >>> > > >>>Anne > > >> > > >>HI Anne, > > >> > > >>Actually I have tried that and one of those 'things' that didn't work > > >>was networking, and the accounting system software, which is why I was > > >>trying it in the first place. :( I "was" rather hoping it would work > > >>because I hate having to stop what I'm doing cause Winders has to crap. > > > > > > Sorry to hear that - it's so good when it does work. I haven't really > > > looked at the network problem at all - our lan is pretty light use except > > > for the internet access. I avoid using that under windows because of the > > > reduced security, so I haven't much info on what I can get going and what > > > I can't with regard to networking. > > > > > > Anne > > > > As I understand it VMWare will do what I needed Win4Lin to do but at > > quite a bit more cost. > > There is another product that will run a bunch of windows apps. I can't recall > the name of it for the life of me. It runs office, explorer, notes and some > others beautifully. It is also commercial. > > AHHH... Crossover office by codeweavers. I've not checked out what they've > done recently but a year ago when they released the first version it was > pretty darned good! >
Used 1.2 when mdk9.0 came out and had to ask for my money back, sadly, as it had great difficulty installing Office 97, wasn't stable, and couldn't run Visio for beans (that was listed as bronze at the time, the Codeweavers guys get nothing but kudos from me for even undertaking the effort). I tell you, iexplore.exe running in Linux is a jarring sight. And you know something else, it was blazing fast; faster than any Win2K install I've ever seen. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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