Parallels also offers a VM solution that runs under Linux. It's way less cheaper than VMWare's workstation at only $50.
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/ I've never used it so I can't speak for it, but a lot of folks run Parallels on their Macs to host Windows virtual machines. -Dutch On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Vern Ceder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The free player will run anything you want, it just won't *create* a > virtual machine. That doesn't matter, since there are tons of free VM > images available online - you just download one and install your own > copy of Windows onto it and then load whatever you want. > > With the VMWare solution you run an entire Windows computer in a window, > so anything that will run on Windows (well, almost anything) can run on > a VMWare VM. > > VMWare workstation and VMWare Server (which is also free) will create VM > images from scratch and do other cool tricks, but the player runs the > VM's just as well. > > Vern > > John McKelvey wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Vern Ceder <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > John, > > > > I'm not sure exactly what you mean by VMBOX. As I see it, you have > > two (and a half ;) ) options for handling your needs: > > > > 1. VMWare (player for free, workstation for $$) can run Windows VM's > > very nicely - I (and quite a few others on this list) have been > > doing that for years. QEMU is free, and also works, but is slower. > > > > > > With the free player exactly what kinds of things can I run.. Minitab, > > MSOffice, etc? > > > > Thanks! > > > > John > > > > > > > > 2. Wine will run MSOffice on Linux pretty well, and while I don't > > remember the version, when I tried Minitab at school last year, it > > ran OK on Wine also. > > > > 2.5. You can handle almost all of MSOffice's files with OpenOffice - > > just today, I used OO to open a powerpoint file that was making > > PowerPoint itself crash. Word files with form fields are messy, and > > the spreadsheet graphing isn't as good, but everything else is > > pretty good. Then you would just need to use Wine or VMWare for > > things like Minitab... > > > > FWIW, > > > > Vern > > > > John McKelvey wrote: > > > > Any opinions on this for running Windoz apps under linux? Other > > suggestions for this? Am about to give up and use Linux on my > > laptop, but need to be able to edit edit/create Powerpoint > > slides, and some other MSOffice pgms, as well as Minitab V15. > > Thanks! > > > > John McKelvey > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fwlug mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > > > > > > -- > > This time for sure! > > -Bullwinkle J. Moose > > ----------------------------- > > Vern Ceder, Director of Technology > > Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 > > > > > > -- > This time for sure! > -Bullwinkle J. Moose > ----------------------------- > Vern Ceder, Director of Technology > Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >
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