Is winfor lin a separate shell i.e. is it to replace Red Hat etc, what Linux software do you use?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 11:06 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel under Win4Lin (WAS OpenOffice & 3D CAD) > > Sounds like a miracle! :) > > Maybe MS should investigate how their OS should run by > looking at Win4Lin. > Seriously, maybe Win4Lin provides a 'nicer' system to Windows > (more memory, > smarter swapping algorithms, etc.) Yeah, I should give it a shot. > win4lin doesn't provide more memory to windows (it has a maximum of 128MB available to windows under version 4), but IME the disk access is much better under linux (especially compared to NTFS), and the swapping/memory management is much better also. I ran an earlier version on a PII-300 with 64MB of RAM, and windows 98 under win4lin was faster/more resposive than NT4 native on the same machine. Cheers, MvdW ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: E33170C0D7CEE742812A23D901D12757C2E0DF9D * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
