Hold on know, Many windows programs, both 16 and 32 bit, will run under
linux. You just need to install and configure WINE.
check out www.winehq.com
James Maes
ACM-C Chairman
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On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, arandir wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Abjin M Haneef wrote:
> > >%_Hi,
> > I wanted to switch over to Linux. Will all the applications in my
> > computer, which are currently working on windows, continue to work on
> > Linux.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Abjin
> >
>
> Unfortunately, no. It's like trying to run windows programs on a mac, or mac
> programs on windows. The operating systems are foreign to each other.
>
> However, some windows programs have linux versions (netscape, wordperfect,
> etc.). The best thing about linux is that nearly everything is free. If you we
> to switch to the mac, let's say, you'd have to buy every program you needed.
> But with linux, there are thousands of programs freely available. Some of these
> are simply fantastic, others aren't worth the trouble.
>
> If there are certain programs you need, post back here with what they are, and
> the list can tell you if linux versions of them are available, or what
> equivalent programs are around.
>
> --
> Arandir...
>
