On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:54:11 -0600 "Graham, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When / Where would a person notice the best performance using Win4Lin or > VMWare? Is there a ebuild package for VMWare? VMware alows you to boot from an existing os install using your own bootloader and the lot. Then it works reasonable. It does support running everything, but it's a performance issue. If you install windows in a vmware session, it will make a big file as a disk. SLOW ! Win4lin runs a lot faster, since it uses a kernel module allowing it to use the linux filesystem for windows. It works awesome with office apps, macromedia (MX) and photoshop and the lot. It doesnt like something that requires something hardwarelike from the videocard. 3D Max wont run. In combindation with Wine it works even better. if you set wine to use your win4lin windows install, it works with games. I had Icewind Dale2 fail in install in wine, and I managed to install it in win4lin. It wouldnt run in win4lin, but when I pointed wine to use my win4lin as a windows install, the game run great. Speed example. Win4lin windows 98 and IE 6.1 boots faster on my machine then starting Phoenix 0.5 in linux directly > > Can either one be run in "window mode" while using Linux at the same time? > yep, both run windowed. VMware can run fullscreen on X, and win4lin can run in framebuffer fullscreen by starting fwin from the commandline > I'm also curious as to purpose of running Windows under Linux, I understand > wanting to use Windows apps, especially graphics packages, but what's the > real benefit? There is no good replacement for wysiwyg html editors in linux ( Windows has Frontpage and Dreamweaver as example) Macromedia Flash MX has no equivalent either etc etc. > > What are the benefits of using Win98 vs. Win2000? Is there any real reason > to use one version over the other, except personal preference? > vmware works with any os, but since the performance is less, use the lowest needed os to use your program. Why have a 1.5gb windows XP install on your machine when your program works on 95? Win4Lin only works with dosbased Windows versions like 95 and 98. dont know about ME > Sorry for all the questions, and thanks for the info! > > Steve > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
