On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:03:57PM +0000, kazman1914 wrote: > Hi Sean,
By the way, although Roy does it, it's always best not to top post. He's knowledgeable enough to get away with it, but especially on Linux lists, inline posting is preferred. (For an explanation, you can browse the netiquette section of the list faq at http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/linfaq.html) > Thanks for the suggestions, they'll help. I'll have to think about > whether I want to try Wine or the virtual machine method you > indicated. Most of the Windows programs that I don't want to loose > are dictionaries and encyclopedias, which shouldn't be too difficult > to accommodate, but I also want to be able to continue using the music > recorder/converter that comes with MS Plus, as I haven't finished > transferring my album collection to MP3 format yet. Not every program works in Wine--you can usually find what does and what doesn't with a little googling. (You can also check crossover office's site for their list of officially supported stuff, and see what's supposed to definitely work.) Virtual Machines, of course, take a bit more in resources. It's a bit of trial and error, I'm afraid. > > By the way, you were right to be suspect of my complaint about not > being able to install a 62 bit version of PCLinuxOS on my laptop. My > memory was faulty. It was the 62 bit version of Ubuntu that I tried > to install but couldn't. I was able to boot PCLinuxOS from the disk > but couldn't get anything to work (i.e. Internet, email, etc), and I > don't know enough yet to make toying with it practical. IIRC (If I remember correctly) Ubuntu's site did make it more likely that you click on 64 bit by mistake. (Try and not mistype that one--someone coming into the thread without knowing context will realize that 62 bit is a typo--but they won't be sure if you mistyped 32 bit or 64 bit.) 64 bit does tend to be more problematic on both Windows and Linux (and BSD as well.) It's surprising, since it's been around so long, but yes, it's still often problematic. I have an Acer 4720z low end laptop, with an Intel Core Duo processor. Now, that processor will support 64 bit but Acer doesn't mention that. I think they realized it was a bit underpowered for Vista already, which is what they sell on it. I didn't even boot Vista, I bought it, stuck in the CD and installed Linux. Out of curiosity, I threw on a 64 bit Ubuntu, which did run. I would keep it save for the fact that the wireless card that comes with the machine doesn't support 64 bit yet. That's what I mean by problematic--MadWifi the people who supply open source drivers for many cards, are working on it, but so far, have only succeeded in creating a 32 bit driver. So, you're probably better off staying away from 64 bit for the moment. You can, by the way, run 32 bit on most 64 bit machines. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Cordelia: What's her saga? Xander: She's freaking. Cordelia: About what? Xander: The mayor is gonna kill us all during graduation. Cordelia: Oh. Are you gonna go to 5th period? To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
