A Moving to Linux Question

[M.R.]

On 03/03/2011 09:04 PM, Amichai Rotman wrote:
> Any app like that exists?
As others have mentioned, no. And, as others have also
mentioned, most (but not all) MS Windows applications will
have an equivalent under Linux.

For applications that have no equivalent or the equivalent
is not satisfactory for whatever reason, there are three
possible ways to keep using Windows versions. Firstly, many
MS Windows applications will run under Linux emulator called
wine - you can find it in Ubuntu repositories. What will not
run under wine (typically programs that deal with some specific
USB hardware devices) will usually run under VirtualBox
(http://www.virtualbox.org/). Finally, for the few programs
that will not run under VirtualBox, you can set up your
computer with dual boot.

In any case, prudent move for any Windows user is to move
gradually. For a desktop computer, your best (and rather
inexpensive) solution is to install an extra hard drive and
boot into it for Linux use. You don't have to change anything
on your Windows system: instead of re-partitioning the drive
and use dual boot, you use your bios to bout from the Windows
or Linux hard drive. For a laptop computer, dual boot is the
only option. My suggestion is NEVER to change anything on the
existing hard drive but instead to create a clone of the
existing drive, replace the hard drive in the laptop and then
re-partition and install Linux with dual boot.

Mark R,