First, I asked a question last Spring and got promptly taken out for a couple of months by a lightning strike, so I didn't see any answers. Belated thanks though, to anyone who did.
I also have a cross platform question. I normally run two computers, an early Windows, for backward hardware and software compatibility, and a later one (now XP) dual boot with Ubuntu Linux. My wife has a Vista laptop. I run Legacy Deluxe on one machine and the corresponding free version is run on the laptop. I couldn't get both Legacy 6 and 7 to coexist under XP for transition, as they collided on a Registry entry, so we are still using Legacy 6 and probably won't change until 7.5 works fully for the general public. I've just changed out the motherboard/CPU for the oldest machine to upgrade to a dual core 64 bit, installed Ubuntu 10.4 (AMD 64), and plan to also install that on the other desktop. For security and other reasons, I would like to quit Microsoft entirely, but no Linux genealogy program matches Legacy - or even reasonably compares. I find Legacy 7 still won't run under Wine, though it does have a reported bronze rating for Crossover. Since I own my copy of XP, I could run that legally in a virtual box like VMware, to run Legacy 6/7 directly, in emulation perhaps, or physically isolated using a swappable bay IDE disk in the reserve machine via VNC or equivalent. Any comment, advice or relevant experience would be much appreciated. Keith Britton Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
