Oops, forgot to Reply All. Sorry, Austin! 2009/2/7 Austin English <austinengl...@gmail.com>: > 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."
That might just explain why "CrossOver" is on their supported/tested apps list. Then again, maybe not. > 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. Not that I think it's worth talking about this for much longer, but also found these amusing: # Acrobat Reader 8 because there's no Linux-native version of that, is there? Oh wait, there is, and it's called Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 for Linux! # Adobe Creative Suite 2 (CS2) ... # Illustrator CS2 # InDesign CS2 ... # Photoshop CS2 Not trying to pad it out at all, are we? # The Orange Box which is not an application, but a box. Inside the box is HL2, Portal, TF2 etc # EVE Online ... # World of Warcraft # World of Warcraft Online OOOOOooooh online versions of MMORPGs! # Windows Media Player 6.4 # Windows Media Player 6.9 And ONLY THOSE SPECIFIC VERSIONS! Thanks, EA Durbin, you've made my day :D