Roy, I do largely agree with you that the more I run Linux, the more I run FOSS software, *BUT *there are some situations where the FOSS solutions are just not up to the task. I maintain a medium size website and have found nothing to compare with Macromedia Dreamweaver or to give me the range of options that I require. Thankfully, Dreamweaver is running under Wine, otherwise I'd have to keep going back to XP.
Frank Linux Canuck wrote: > > Right you are, but people will do what works for them. In practice the > more they run Linux the less they dual boot, run Wine, run VMs or rely > on proprietary software. They find these things require more time and > effort than they are worth and seek FOSS solutions. They need to get > their foot in the door to make this discovery for themselves. We can > try to tell them, but they need to see it for themselves. > > Roy > > Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! > Support Open source. > <*,)}}+< > Only dead fish go with the flow! > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Robert C Wittig <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:wittig.robert%40sbcglobal.net>> > To: [email protected] <mailto:LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 6:54:07 PM > Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] help > > Linux Canuck wrote: > > You need to install a program called Wine to run exe files in Linux. > Wine is not an emulator but adds a compatibility layer to Linux so > that you can run some but not all Windows programs. Use the package > manager in Mandriva to install Wine. Then when you click on an exe > file it will load Wine and try to execute the file. > > > > Heh! This is going full circle. > > The individual will then be running Windows XP, with > Mandriva Linux running on a virtual machine within XP, and with Wine > then running inside the Mandriva virtual machine. > > Wheels within wheels. > > -- > -wittig http://www.robertwi ttig.com/ > http://robertwittig .net/ > http://robertwittig .org/ > .. > > > __________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ <http://www.flickr.com/gift/> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
