On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Ben Klein <shackl...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/2/7 Austin English <austinengl...@gmail.com>: >> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Ben Klein <shackl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 2009/2/7 EA Durbin <ead1...@hotmail.com>: >>>> I just saw this linux distribution on distrowatch. They claim to be able to >>>> run all microsoft products. Interesting. >>>> http://www.imagicos.com/ >>>> http://www.imagicos.com/microsoft.html >>> >>> No they don't. It says "almost every" on the home page and "most" on >>> the "Microsoft" page. >>> >>> Assuming they're talking about Wine, someone should tell them that >>> they're wrong anyway. "quite a lot of entirely win32 applications", >>> maybe. Almost certainly not "most". >>> >>> Ooh, just spotted some interesting items on their "tested applications" >>> list. >>> - DirectX >>> - DirectX 6 >>> - DirectX 7 >>> - DirectX 8 >>> - DirectX 9 >>> >>> How about we just completely ignore these idiots? >>> >>> >>> >> >> Also: >> # Internet Explorer 5.0 and 5.5 >> # Internet Explorer 6.0 > > I've heard of some success with 6.0 (without crappy > winedoors/ies4linux stuff), so I didn't comment. > >> # iPod Support in iTunes 4.0 > > Hmm, that seems unlikely > >> # Mac OS X >> # Mac OS X Audio Input Support > > Well spotted, Austin! > > Maybe they're talking about a VM, not Wine ... in which case, you'd > have to get a copy of Windows, which defeats the purpose of being > proud about their Windows app support. >
>From http://www.imagicos.com/why.html : "Compatibility iMagic OS can run many Microsoft Windows applications along with Linux applications, with help from the built in Crossover software." Either they've got a deal with Crossover, or bundled it somehow? I sent them an e-mail asking for the source, we'll see how that goes. -- -Austin
