Win Software on Linux

[Don W. Jenkins]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 11:59:56PM -0500, emperor wrote:
> 
> I have used the wine from http://winehq.com but have found CodeWeavers a
> much better wine. There is a demo version available and the Standard
> version 4.1 is on sale right now for $36. I am using CodeWeavers to run
> Quicken, TurboTax and Itunes.
> 
> You can also buy the new home version of Win4Lin for $29 that will
> let you install Win98 or WinMe right from the M$ CD into Linux. The
> only catch is that you will have to patch and build a kernel for it to
> run. This can be difficult for new users.
> 
> 
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I have been using Codeweavers' Crossover Office for a while now on three
different distros of Linux, and it seems to work pretty well.  I run MS
Office 2000, mostly Word because I don't want to reboot into Windows to
work on files from the office.  It runs Word quite well, with only the
occasional bad behavior of a template, which just means I have to close
and restart Word. No real problem as long as I have been saving my work,
as I'm supposed to anyway. Crossover sets up a fake Windows environment
and when it does the installation of the Windows programs it supports it
does fake reboots (without really rebooting) just like you were doing
stuff on Windows.  I paid the price last year, and since then, they have
allowed me to download upgrades whenever they come along.  I keep the
downloaded files in my /home directory so I can reinstall Crossover whenever I
do any reinstalling or upgrading of a distro.  I have also backed it up
on a CDR. For the programs they support, it's wine that works without
much bother on my part. 

Don J. 
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