[LUTE] fronimo under wine?

2020-08-10 Thread Frank A. Gerbode, M.D.
Many people that would like to run fronimo cannot do so because they are on a linux platform.  My website is hosted on a linux machine, all on the software I use in maintaining the site is linux-based (python, actually) and I would like to convert all my work to linux. It's only fronimo that is

[LUTE] Re: fronimo under wine?

2020-08-10 Thread Tristan von Neumann
I agree. I would buy Fronimo if it worked properly under Linux. I had trouble in the demo version. Printing to file didn't work (blank pages though the preview is visible. Is this deliberate?). That's sad because I have some fronimo files from the yahoo group I would have loved to print. Also I

[LUTE] Ris: Re: fronimo under wine?

2020-08-10 Thread lastrai...@interfree.it
In my experience Fronimo cannot work "directly" on a Linux platform using Wine. But an alternative way to make it work is to install in your Linux a Virtual Machine that let you run Windows: first thing to do is creating a Windows Virtual Machine. Second step is to install and run FR

[LUTE] Re: Ris: Re: fronimo under wine?

2020-08-10 Thread guy_and_liz Smith
Back before I retired from the tech industry (2015), I used Vagrant with VirtualBox on a Linux computer to run various operating systems as virtual machines, mostly for development and testing purposes (Vagrant basically simplifies using VMs, including but not limited to VirtualBox). Strictly, y

[LUTE] Re: Ris: Re: fronimo under wine?

2020-08-10 Thread Frank A. Gerbode, M.D.
I already have a setup like that.  I have a win10 machine running a virtual machine under hyper-v that is running ubuntu linux. Both work OK, but I would like to ditch windows altogether. Maybe that's silly, but on principle I would like to  be running open source as much as possible. Except fo

[LUTE] Re: Ris: Re: fronimo under wine?

2020-08-10 Thread Tristan von Neumann
I agree. Also, I wouldn't want to give anything to Mr. Gates. On 10.08.20 20:45, Frank A. Gerbode, M.D. wrote: I already have a setup like that.  I have a win10 machine running a virtual machine under hyper-v that is running ubuntu linux. Both work OK, but I would like to ditch windows altoge

[LUTE] Re: Ris: Re: fronimo under wine?

2020-08-10 Thread John Mardinly
Bill Gates turned the Microsoft CEO job over to Steve Balmer TWENTY years ago. A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. On Aug 10, 2020, at 12:26 PM, Tristan von Neumann <[1]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote: I agree. Also, I wouldn't want to give anything to Mr. Gates. On 10.08.20 20

[LUTE] Re: Ris: Re: fronimo under wine?

2020-08-10 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Did he sell all his shares too?... As far as I know, he's still a major shareholder. So your argument is meaningless. On 10.08.20 23:24, John Mardinly wrote: Bill Gates turned the Microsoft CEO job over to Steve Balmer TWENTY years ago. A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. On