I've got to add that I use Win4Lin and I love it. - Grant
> > > 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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