On Saturday, March 17, 2012, at 3:13:48 AM, Lynn wrote: > I fully expected to have to give up TheBat! after all these years of > dependency, but I was thrilled to find it loaded perfectly in Wine > (v1.3.30, if anyone is interested).
I too have switched my systems from Windows to Linux (using Xubuntu 10.04.4) and am still using TB! but not via Wine, which I've never installed. Instead, I installed Oracle's VirtualBox program, created virtual machines, loaded my Windows into the VMs, and run TB in that virtual machine. Given adequate RAM (I'm running 2 GB) and CPU (hyperthreaded Pentium 4 here) performance of TB! is equal to what it was under native WinXP, and there's no problem of compatibility at all. Setting up the virtual machine took a little time, particularly in the area of making sure the internet connections worked properly, but once established, it runs error-free. An additional advantage is that I can access TB! from any machine on my LAN, via the RDP server built into VirtualBox. In fact I'm posting this reply from another box using that capability. -- Jim Kyle Using The Bat! v4.2.36.4 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 on VirtualBox 3.2.12 under Xubuntu 10.04.4 with AntiSpamSniper Version 3.2.4.5 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.42 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
