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From: john on 13 Nov 2009 16:49 Is Wine still the preferred way to run Windows programs in Slackware? I had it up years ago but never got much past Solitaire. Is there a better program today? John Culleton
From: Lew Pitcher on 13 Nov 2009 16:54 john(a)wexfordpress.com <john(a)wexfordpress.com> trolled: > Is Wine still the preferred way to run Windows programs in Slackware? > I had it up years ago but never got much past Solitaire. Is there a > better program today? Windows, itself, is a far better platform for running windows apps than linux will ever be. You seem to have the problem backwards. You run the OS that the best program for your purpose demands. There is nothing wrong with windows. And, since there are so many apps you need windows to run, you should have a windows standalone or at least a dual-boot around at all times. Other than that, look at vmware. Lew Pitcher -- Read Lew Pitcher's official biography at http://lewpitcher.ca See you there!
From: Lew Pitcher on 13 Nov 2009 17:08 On November 13, 2009 16:49, in alt.os.linux.slackware, john(a)wexfordpress.com (john(a)wexfordpress.com) wrote: > Is Wine still the preferred way to run Windows programs in Slackware? Pretty much, unless you want to install a virtualization tool (like qemu or virtualbox) and run Windows on a virtual system within Linux. > I had it up years ago but never got much past Solitaire. Is there a > better program today? Wine is pretty much it. You can purchase Wine-derivatives that have been optimized for gaming or office products, but there's nothing else, short of a virtual Windows system, that will run Windows apps on a Linux system. -- Lew Pitcher Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576 Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/ ---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------
From: john on 13 Nov 2009 17:09 On Nov 13, 4:54 pm, Lew Pitcher <lewpitc...(a)lewpitcher.ca> wrote: > j...(a)wexfordpress.com <j...(a)wexfordpress.com> trolled: > > > Is Wine still the preferred way to run Windows programs in Slackware? > > I had it up years ago but never got much past Solitaire. Is there a > > better program today? > > Windows, itself, is a far better platform for running windows apps > than linux will ever be. > > You seem to have the problem backwards. You run the OS that the > best program for your purpose demands. There is nothing wrong with > windows. And, since there are so many apps you need windows to run, > you should have a windows standalone or at least a dual-boot around > at all times. > > Other than that, look at vmware. > > Lew Pitcher > -- > Read Lew Pitcher's official biography athttp://lewpitcher.ca > > See you there! I have a Windows XP partition up. The app that I need is Pub-assist, an accounting program. It would be a bore to reboot every time a transaction occurred. All the other programs I use regularly are FOSS. I will look at vmware. John Culleton
From: Lew Pitcher on 13 Nov 2009 17:17
Lew Pitcher <lpitcher(a)teksavvy.com> trolled: > On November 13, 2009 16:49, in alt.os.linux.slackware, john(a)wexfordpress.com > (john(a)wexfordpress.com) wrote: This is NOT Lew Pitcher. This is the troll known as "Dan C" impersonating him. Lew Pitcher -- Read Lew Pitcher's official biography at http://lewpitcher.ca See you there! |