On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:51:46 -0500 Harv Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm one step closer to dumping the Windows box altogether. > > Is there any advantage to "Win4Lin" over "WINE"? Are they pretty much > the same thing? > > Is there any advantage to using one over the other ... or both? > > Any other cautions, caveats, evaluations, comments you'd care to give > are much appreciated. > > Thanks > > Harv/AI9NL What exactly do you plan to be doing with windows programs? Games? Office applications? With Win4Lin, you need a windows os cd, because you actually install a windows system to your linux partition. You then run "Windows" like a linux application, and the desktop, start menu, and taskbar appears at the bottom. It does a nice job doing office applications, but may be a little more than what you need. With Wine, you can run office apps from an existing windows partition, or if that isn't there, you can just install the office app by issuing the "wine" command. There is no installation of windows necessary. Codeweavers has a product called Crossover Office that can run Adobe Photoshop, MIcrosoft Office XP, Office 2000, and Office 97, Lotus Notes, and some others. It's not quite as expensive as Win4Lin, and does its job well. The best part is that it has a nice, easy to understand GUI to install programs. The free version of wine may have support for Microsoft Office, but I'm not completely sure. HTH, John Drouhard -- Tue Jul 15 19:30:26 CDT 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------- They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001
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