Not to add too much more to the OT discussion.. But, there are a number of ways to deal with the different glibc link issues. Actually easier to deal with than the DLL Hell world of Windows which can bite you in may subtle ways..
Also, Star Office Beta 6.0 is quite good, and stable. There are a few rough edges but I've found it to work well enough that I'm using it instead of M$oft office on both Windows and Linux.. Does a pretty good job of importing/exporting M$oft office docs. You don't really need to have separate boot options to deal with the different versions of glibc that are linked with by older software. Regarding speed.. I use SO 6.0 on Win2K and on an identical Linux box, same ram, MB, clock speed. It is definitely faster on the Linux box and the KDE shell doesn't to the same kinds of annoying random "refreshes" that the Win2K shell (and Win98) does. But, given that Protel still has a number of buglets under Windows I agree with the observation that asking their developers to divert resources to producing a Linux version might not be the best use of their resources. Of course it is always possible that a number of the buglets actually stem from some Windows related issues that are not being properly handled, in which case a Linux/Unix version might wind up being more stable. I would suggest taking the Linux requests off the list, so we can focus on more direct Protel issues/questions/workarounds, and sending your request directly to Protel for consideration. If enough people indicate an interest directly to Protel in a Linux version then that would the best way to convince them to consider producing one. Burt * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
