> > My experience with Crossover Linux has been positive. The last thing I > needed to get working in Linux to be windows free was Quicken on my > desktop at home. I downloaded Crossover and had many problems and could > not get it to work. I emailed them and they made some suggestions but > nothing helped. Finally they gave me access to a beta site and I > downloaded it from there and it worked perfectly. What I really liked is > that they worked with me until I got it working. > > john > > > I use Crossover for several programs but still must reboot to WinXP for Crosstalk as XP in Parallels or Crosstalk in Crossover will not connect to the mainframe. Crosstalk is not replaceable. Parallels runs Winfax, as I have a USB modem that Linux will not use but XP thru Parallels will. Beware of Quicken-I used 2006 with Crossover and it ran perfectly, but every so many months it would "forget" the entire days work, and it would not be on the backup done upon closing it either. I had to print the transactions every time I was done to be sure I had a copy of them. Can't be sure, but knowing what kind of company Quicken is I believe that it gets pissed when not allowed to "phone home" for a certain amount of time and punishes you. Quickbooks has done the same thing to them at work where it is on XP. I ended up going with Moneydance, which seems fine so far.
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