Wine ?

[John]

John Levin wrote:
> 
> On 4 Oct 2004, at 15:20, Benjamin Edwards wrote:
> 
>> Somebody will probably correct me but all the OSS for running windows 
>> software are not very easy to set up, can only run some of the 
>> software and is not exactly suitable for novices. I spent ages trying 
>> to find something that would allow me to run IE (to test websites) and 
>> think there is nothing that runs dreamweaver. There are a few 
>> commercial solutions but I don't know much about them (vmware being a 
>> well known one).
>>  
> 
> 
> I've never had much success with WINE, but have found Crossover to work 
> (www.codeweavers.com). I installed the trial version on Slackware some 
> time ago, and was very impressed with the ease of set-up etc. It comes 
> with a universal install script - not sure of the details, but it's not 
> a regular apt-gettable deb package.
> 
> According to their site, Dreamwweaver MX gets a bronze medal for 
> functionality.
> http://www.codeweavers.com/site/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=14
>

How well does Lotus software play in WINE? in CrossOver In particular, 
Notes and the SmartSuite components.