On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 08:44 +0100, Jos van Kan wrote: > Jerry Feldman schreef: > > On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:35:02 +0100 > > Philippe Landau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote: > >>> Since I have to use MS Office every > >>> now and then I would consider to run alternatively > >>> Windows and SuSE through WMware. Now I run MS Office > >>> through CrossOveR. > >>> Is WMware stable and reliable ? > >> Yes, others recommend VirtualBox though (free too). > >> Or if it is just for that: Crossover Office, which is not free. > >> Which one is easier to install and backup ? > > > > I found Virtualbox to be a bit easier to install than VMWare. > > However, VMWare, Virtualbox, WINE and Crossover Office (essentially > > WINE +) are all excellent products. > > > > I think I would recommend using CrossoverOffice for Maura. > > CrossoverOffice and WINE are Linux native programs (and libraries) that > > fool Windows applications into believing they are running on Windows. > > Therefore, all your files can be kept on your Linux file system and > > available to you from Linux. > > I found CrossOverOffice excruciatingly slow when using an Access database to > print labels in Word. (About the only use I have for XP, apart from playing > bridge on the net. :-) Now I use XP on Vmware and access my Linux filesystem > with Samba (or whatever it is called now, cifs I believe). I also print via > Samba, although in theory XP should be able to access the CUPS-server, but I > never could get that to work. VMware is stable as a rock and in my set up you > must not forget to restart the smb and nmb deamons after a Samba security > update. :-) In short, YMMV. > > Regards, > -- > Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704
Jos, Crossover works great with word, excel and powerpoint not Access. BTW I do not know anybody (:-) using Access, even MS do not use access for what I heard (?). There are a zillion way to print labels. This is my approach: I use evolution for my list of contacts and I do the labels under OO. If you need to use Access then you are using the correct approach: VMware etc or multiboot. -=terry=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
