I've probably submitted about 10 messages similar to this one but hey... :)
Have you considered Win4Lin for your Win98 sessions? Its nice in that it lets you run Windows either in a window on your X desktop, or full screen on another terminal, ie, I use CTRL-ALT-F8 to get to Win98 full screen, CTRL-ALT-F7 to get back to my KDE desktop. And QB does run fine, not sure about TT (Turbo Tax, I assume...) Version 5 supports DirectX, so many games should also run. I really do not notice any speed difference between this machine when it ran 98 alone and now with W4L. The only limitation that I don't like is the 128Mb ram limit for the Windows session. (It doesn't handle 700mb Photoshop files very well...) Re: Possible spyware, I created a 'test' user and installed a Win98 session for that user so that I can try things out without messing up my regular Win98 install. If you get a virus or whatever, you can just delete the user and its home directory and start over with a clean install for your next 'experiment'. You can only run one session per license on your machine though, which really is not an issue for me yet. I want to eventually set up a terminal server with a couple of licenses installed so the GF and I can run our Win sessions from any of the workstations in my house. (It does work via remote ssh) And there's a LUG discount if you call them! --mike > Mike -- > > try Ad-Aware from Lavasoft. apparently, it does a great job of rooting > out spyware/malware on windows systems. > > http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/ > > dave m. > > On Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 02:13 PM, Mike Mueller wrote: > >> On Thursday 06 November 2003 13:39, Jon Carnes wrote: >>> will not install "spy-ware" when I run java games for my >>> kids, >> >> Oh crap. I was suspicious of those things but it was only a gut >> feeling. >> >> I think I'll wipe down the family PC and convert it to a dual-boot >> system >> with Linux as the default. W98 for QB and TT only. Gamecube makes >> Java >> games so 5 minutes ago. >> >> -- >> Mike Mueller > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ > : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
