On Thursday 06 September 2001 23:21, Dr. Evil wrote: > As far as I know, for most users, there is no use aside from gaming, > and even for gaming, there are native Linux games, and apparently > quite a few Windows games run under Wine. The other exception is that > there are quite a few applications that can ONLY run on Windows for > some specific purposes. Perhaps you need Autocad, or some other > specific app which is Windows only. > > But if you're just an ordinary user who surfs the web, does word > processing, this kind of thing, you don't need Windows at all. Actually with a little accessory software the winmodem under windows can make a dandy answering machine or automated telephone attendant. If your winmodem is supported by linmodem.org drivers, though, linux can do it too. Still, a phone answering and game machine tucked away in a corner and never connected to the net running something like 98SE would be worthwhile if you have no better use for the hardware. Civileme
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