I've found different results on different machines. It really depends on how much juice the computer has and exactly what you need to do. Vmware emulates a system from the bios up and is therefore more system intensive , it can even emulate different hardware to test different things. I also find that there are certain programs wine has issues with, for instance transcender software has issues for whatever reason. I typically find its better to just find a replacement that does the same thing and runs natively under linux and in the case that it doesnt ill use vmware or its open source counter part Xen <http://xen.org> theres also a sun version called *Sun* xVM * VirtualBox* <http://www.sun.com/software/products/virtualbox/get.jsp>.
Regards Jesse Z On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Phil M Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, most of Codeweaver's site has been knocked for a loop by the demand, > so I can't get a list of features and stuff. I gather that this is a > version of WINE, > allowing me to run Windoze software directly under Linux? OK, right now I'm > dual boot, and thinking about VMware (lately I have to reboot a lot to > go back > and forth, due to a Linux-only project). I'm currently running Ubuntu 7.10. > Which "Crossover" do I want to get (Pro?) and why? Is it more stable and > usable than VMware, or less? The big problem (that requires me to dual > boot) > is that all my email, Firefox configuration and stuff, etc. are still on > the Win > side, on an NTFS partition. Is the NTFS support in 7.10 good enough to > confidently mount that partition (my Win C: drive) R/W and let Crossover > take care of everything? Or should I go with VMware or something like that? > Does Win XP think it's running natively when it's actually under VMware, > or is there some emulation going on? As long as I still have things that > run > only under Windows, I'm a bit nervous about possibly wrecking it with > either WINE or VMware. And yes, I realize that they're different animals, > but the end result is that I have Windows and Linux programs running at > the same time -- safely, I hope! > > How much money am I saving if I take this free software, instead of > buying it > at retail? Will the free version have any less support from CW? > > Thanks for any insights as to whether I should take advantage of this > offer. > > Patrick Ladd wrote: > > The Codeweavers "Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge" has > > ended in surprise and free software all day Tuesday (October 28, 2008) > > at the Codeweavers site. > > --- > > Patrick Ladd > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Sep 3 - Porkchop - The Areas of My Expertise > Oct 1 - Ubikeys > Oct 4 - Linux Fest > Nov 5 - Releasing Open Source Software > Dec 3 - TBD > > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Sep 3 - Porkchop - The Areas of My Expertise Oct 1 - Ubikeys Oct 4 - Linux Fest Nov 5 - Releasing Open Source Software Dec 3 - TBD
