[ubuntu-za] Winedoors & Crossover Re: Windows apps on Ubuntu

[Jan Greeff]

Hi Nico,

Thanks for this, but my experience of Crossover was not as rosy. My 
Windows apps are running well on Virtualbox and it is not interfering 
with the stability of my Ubuntu system at all. This was my main problem 
with Crossover.

Jan


On 06/06/2012 19:31, Nico Michael(iBurst) wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I have purchased crossover just over R300 online a year ago and do not 
> regret it
> You can download a free trial to try it out before you buy it. Novel 
> recommends it.
>
> Now I can use Microsoft Office 2007 and a whole range of windows 
> programs that I can not do without
>
> There is even a version that is suitable for running many Windows 
> games that costs more.
>
>
> Trying to make Microsoft Office work on  wine is doable but requires a 
> lot of complicated gymnastics
>
> Its worth the investment and very easy to use I recommend it
> It was the only way I could run the full MySQL windows GUI tools which 
> is not available for Linux
> I can emulate Windows XP or Vista so it give me a range of programs to 
> run
>
>
> Alternately you may want something free : Winedoors :
> http://www.sucka.net/2010/03/install-win32-apps-ubuntu-wine-doors/
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Nico Michael
> (Sent from ptaisp.co.za)
>
>
> On 01/06/2012 17:11, Tom Bamford wrote:
>> Hi Jan
>>
>> On 1 June 2012 17:01, Jan Greeff<jan at verslank.net>  wrote:
>>> I tried Crossover, it was a disaster. There has been much talk of 
>>> Wine, but
>>> I have been totally unable to make anything of this, what appears to 
>>> be a
>>> Crossover hybrid.
>> Crossover is essentially the commercial variant of Wine (it is
>> actually Wine with some extra closed source components added). I am
>> not a fan of either but others do have great success with various
>> Windows apps.
>>
>>> The only thing that has worked for me is Virtualbox, which is also not
>>> hassle-free. I have been told you can save the files and reinstall them
>>> after upgrading via clean install, but the files appear to get 
>>> corrupted.
>>>
>>> Gramps is not an option, so unless someone out there has found some 
>>> magic
>>> solution, it's back to Virtualbox for me, having to start anew with 
>>> every
>>> clean install.
>> Migrating virtual machines in VirtualBox from one Ubuntu installation
>> to another has gotten a whole lot easier in the last few releases (I
>> think from VirtualBox 4.0 onwards?).
>>
>> The easiest method I've found is to make sure you copy the "Virtual
>> Machines" folder and the ".VirtualBox" folder from your old home
>> directory to your new one. Then start up VirtualBox. If you run
>> VirtualBox before copying the files you can just delete the ones that
>> is auto-creates and then copy them afresh.
>>
>> When I do this, VirtualBox picks up all my VMs in the same state as I
>> left them before reinstalling.
>>
>> Regards
>> Tom
>>
>