I also have dual boot with mdk9 and win2k. Does win4lin work with win2k? I thought that it doesn't! I want to run my two best win programs in linux: Photoshop 7 and Freehand10. I'm trying to put my vmware running to do what i want but win4lin does seems to a nice alternative.
cheers, filipe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Vanderberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:09 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] alternatives > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Mehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I have a dual boot mandrak 9.0 and w2k. > Even with all the complexity of linux I much prefer it over w2k. > Did you look a win4lin?? This is not a toy like wine is. The problem with > vmware is the price and I tried the demo and was not so impressed with > performance, although those who know how to tweak it say they can get it to > rock. > > My understanding is that win4lin doesn't work with any Direct X apps. > The second PC is only a Pentium 200 w/ 64MB. So I may go with bsd > or a very light mdk install in the next go'round. Not sure yet. > > I am trying to blow away w2k as soon as I can. This is getting me crazy > rebooting. and I am wasting disk space as well. > my advice is don't jump for mandrake 9.0 so fast. I have used many > distributions. Redhat, Suse, debian, and mandrak. > > I've only used BSD, RH5, RH8, mdk7, 8, 8.1, 8.2, and now 9. > Of those, I'm most impressed with 9 as a user desktop. To me, it had > the best chance of getting an old window user to make a full switch. > > The only one that has been problem free has been Redhat. Debian is cool but > not for the faint hearted. Suse is way to big. > I use Mandrake cause someone hacked it for audio applications. > otherwise I would be using Redhat. > > For networking applications, (nessus, bb, mrtg, fwlogwatch, and the like), > I'd also pick 9.0, though I've run other versions in production with > no problems major issues. > > I think that's something I failed to mention in my first post... > I'm totally happy with the choice of mdk as a dedicated work box, so > long as I can rdp to a MSTS that has Visio on it. (Also gets me Exchange > calendar and resource scheduling.) > > (this is all just my opinion) > Since I missed your thread on the Mandrake newbies, what do you use visio > for, and what alternivies did you try on linux?? > > I've used dia, kivio (what's with the $10 stencils???), and another I can't > remember. Don't get me wrong, I can draw a decent network diagram in any of > these. I just can't pass these documents back and forth to customers, > management, and co-workers with ease. > > lol > Aaron > > ~Brandon > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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