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On 18 May 2012 09:10, Benjamin Tayehanpour <[email protected]>wrote: > Actually, PlayOnLinux does the "bottle" thing as well. And crossties, for > that matter. > > However, I would not be averse to buying Crossover if I ever had the need. > Do you get to compile your own binaries, though? > > On 17 May 2012 14:53, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > >> PlayOnLinux is just a (good) GUI frontend for wine. >> >> Codeweavers actively develops extra features on wine, and contribute >> their changes back to wine. So in effect, PlayOnLinux is benefitting from >> Codeweavers work on Crossover. >> >> Another advantages of Crossover are: >> 1) Bottles. All apps can be isolated from each other in a totally >> separate "bottle". Stops cross-program corruption of your wine folder. (Of >> course you can do this manually but...) >> >> 2) Crossties. For supported apps, Crossover has what they call a >> "crosstie", which is a configuration file containing a list of all the >> required apps/libraries that will get, e.g. Office, running. Things like >> the right version of MSXML, dotNet Framework, etc. These libraries are >> downloaded and installed in the correct order before your app is installed. >> Again, you can do all this yourself, but... >> >> 3) Backporting. Paying $40 for a lifetime license is not much considering >> Codeweavers actually hire WINE developers and contribute a lot to the WINE >> projects. They're the largest group of WINE developers by far. Things like >> DirectX support, Installshield, dotNet, etc, wouldn't work without them. >> >> >> P. >> -- >> Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable >> events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one >> is given credit. >> >> >> >> On 17 May 2012 12:56, Hari Kurup <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Peter, just for kicks, how does Crossover XI compare with the FREELY >>> available PlayOnLinux? >>> >>> http://www.playonlinux.com/en/ >>> >>> I installed it recently to get MS Office working on Linux Mint and I am >>> in bliss! >>> >>> -- >>> Hari >>> >>> >>> Message: 11 >>> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 15:36:29 +0300 >>> From: "Peter C. Ndikuwera" <[email protected]> >>> To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [LUG] SoftWare Inquiry >>> Message-ID: >>> < >>> cakgsryeqyky1iyme3tohadzpmyzsowpgp35uwziqwo7qczo...@mail.gmail.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>> >>> For those interested, there's a 1-day sale today only of CrossOver XI at >>> only $16. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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