Kubuntu vs. Ubuntu

[Dotan Cohen]

On 16/09/2007, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net> wrote:
> On 09/16/2007 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > Streets and Trips runs in Wine, but only at bronze:
> > http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=3962&iTestingId=902
> >
> > You could run it in a VMWare virtual machine.
>
> I've never found anything to work to good with wine. Except maybe some
> mixed fruit or Seven Up, but that's a whole other story.

IE4Linux actually runs pretty well, as do most of the older pre-SP2
apps. Some stuff runs faster under Linux + Wine than under Windows +
AntiVirus + Firewall + AntiSpyware + AntiSomethingElse.

> Seriously, I've tried to get some things to work with wine but without
> much success. That was in another distro though. I notice that wine
> seems to be better integrated into Kubuntu than that other one. Perhaps
> I will try it again.
>
> As for vmware, well, I've never given it to much thought. I don't
> particularly want to run Windows in Linux. If I wanted to run Windows I
> would just run it.

If there's only one app open, then yes, that would make more sense!
For my own use (testing websites in IE, for instance) VMWare running
in another window is amazing.

> > That's real geek software. I'm near certain that the company that
> > makes it would be interested in a Linux version. Contact them.
>
> If by "geek software" you mean "special interest software", that it is.

Yep, that's what I meant. It's not going to appeal to the myspace crowd :)

> BUT, if your out storm chasing/watching in tornado alley it comes in
> REAL handy. It's ok to chase tornado's but you sure don't want to catch
> one by the tail. The only way I ever want to catch one is on video.
> Weather Channel pays pretty good for some good video.
>
> I wrote and asked if they, more like "he", had ever considered a Linux
> version. [ It appears that it is a one man operation. ] It says it
> requires "directx" to work.

He would have to port it to OpenGL, then. Not a big deal, but I doubt
that he would do it for one customer. Let him know that people (you,
at least) are interested in a Linux version, so that the next
milestone release can be OpenGL. Not only would it be cross-platform
then, but more secure and future-proof as well. I really cannot
imagine why anyone (other than some extreme games) would use DirectX
over OpenGL these days. Even Google Earth has an OpenGL port, and it's
more stable than the DirectX version by far.

Dotan Cohen

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