On Friday 06 May 2005 7:47 am, David Ecklein wrote: > What do you know about this? How does it compare to Win4Lin (or other > hamburger helpers)? Any actual experience with such things? I have used Win4Lin, and I use CrossoverOffice. The major differences are: Win4Lin is a virtual machine that runs a [licenced] version of Windows (9x, XP, 2000) as a Linux process, where the Win4Lin Windows directory is normally a subdirectory of your home directory. it is lighter weight than VMWare, and it is easier for Linux to access Windows files directly since it uses the native Linux file system.
CrossoverOffice. As mentioned before, this is WINE with a few bells and whistles. The people at CodeWeaver also maintain the OpenSource version of WINE. Wine is essentially a set of libraries that provides a Windows API so that you can run Windows applications as if they were native Linux applications. It even comes with a "simulate Windows reboot" command. I use it primarily for MS Office in cases where I absolutely need a feature of MS office that does not work well in OpenOffice although I prefer to use OpenOffice. Last month we had a talk at the BLU discussing the differences between WINE and CrossoverOffice. For its low price, consider it a contribution to the OpenSource effort as a purchase of CrossoverOffice does support the entire WINE effort. Additionally, CrossoverOffice and WINE do not require you to have a licensed version of Windows. Of course, if you want to run a commercial Windows application you are obligated by the license of that application. CrossoverOffice does run Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax. The CodeWeavers site lists applications that they have tested and support. Also, note that some Windows developers use the WINE libraries as a method to port their applications to Linux. These applications have been natively compiled under Linux in contrast to Windows applications running under WINE. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
