This is not a problem report, but just a note on something positive I
have discovered. Please note I am not affiliated in anyway to
Codeweavers, this is just an unsolicted testimonial
I have seen in this list a lot of people asking questions about living
in offices in the Windows world, and the problems they have with the
Office formatted documents. So I would like to share something.
I was recently told by my company that I either had to find a way of
sending and viewing documents that were 'Standard' format or I would
have to blow away my laptop and install Windoze.
So I downloaded and installed Codeweavers Crossover for Windows. This is
an emulator (as far as I can see) for the MS Office environment and
unfortunatly costs money. However I figured the $60+ was worth it to
retain my Linux desktop.
The install was 7Mb long, and once installed I then had to use the
Office2000 cd to install the packages. The install was very painless,
and the setup routine for Office was quick and informative. Now I am
running MS Office 2000 Word and Excel on my laptop and I have to say
that they seem to be running quicker than on my colleagues similar (Dell
Latitude 400Mhz 128MbRam) machines. This is purely subjective, as I
havent yet done any performance checks.
So, for all those out there in a similar position, have a look at
Crossover, it works fine.
p.s A byproduct is that I got Internet Explorer installed which now
means my good lady can now play games on MSN.com which keeps her happy
to, well worth $60 ;)
pps, if only I can get the company to update to Exchange 2000 then I
will evaluate the Evolution plugin as well
Spec
Redhat 7.2 Kernel 2.4.9-34
Dell Latitude CPi
12Gb Hard Drive
128Mb Ram
all the latest updates
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Alan Harding
+44 (0)7715 539272
"One by one the penguins are stealing my sanity"
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