Jerry Feldman schreef: > On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:35:02 +0100 > Philippe Landau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote: >>> Since I have to use MS Office every >>> now and then I would consider to run alternatively >>> Windows and SuSE through WMware. Now I run MS Office >>> through CrossOveR. >>> Is WMware stable and reliable ? >> Yes, others recommend VirtualBox though (free too). >> Or if it is just for that: Crossover Office, which is not free. >> Which one is easier to install and backup ? > > I found Virtualbox to be a bit easier to install than VMWare. > However, VMWare, Virtualbox, WINE and Crossover Office (essentially > WINE +) are all excellent products. > > I think I would recommend using CrossoverOffice for Maura. > CrossoverOffice and WINE are Linux native programs (and libraries) that > fool Windows applications into believing they are running on Windows. > Therefore, all your files can be kept on your Linux file system and > available to you from Linux.
I found CrossOverOffice excruciatingly slow when using an Access database to print labels in Word. (About the only use I have for XP, apart from playing bridge on the net. :-) Now I use XP on Vmware and access my Linux filesystem with Samba (or whatever it is called now, cifs I believe). I also print via Samba, although in theory XP should be able to access the CUPS-server, but I never could get that to work. VMware is stable as a rock and in my set up you must not forget to restart the smb and nmb deamons after a Samba security update. :-) In short, YMMV. Regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
