RE: How good *is* WINE really?

["Bob Koss" <koss objectmentor com>]

What are the differences between Wine and VMWare -- other than cost?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Mark Knecht
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 6:24 PM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: RE: How good *is* WINE really?
>
>
> John,
>    I was in the same place as you are about 6-8 months ago, and started
> exploring the same questions. I played a bit with Wine. It works,
> from some
> applications. My understanding is that Corel Draw for Linux is
> running over
> a private version of Win that Corel supplies, and that app works fine for
> me. But all in all, it's pretty a immature environment for all but the
> heartiest of early adopters, I think. (I'm certainly not the most
> knowledgeable Linux person, so if you're better you might have better luck
> than I did...)
>
>    Going down this road a bit further, I did find two other ways to go:
>
> 1) Win4Lin from NeTraverse. (www.netraverse.com) This requires you to have
> an actual Windows license, but it runs real windows executable
> under Linux.
> The whole desktop shows up, screen savers, everything. It works
> really well
> for business type applications. I use it everyday. I run Quicken
> 99, Office
> 2000, FrameMaker, Corel Draw, Corel Photo Paint, Adobe Acrobat, Internet
> Explorer, MathCAD. They all work fine. It has some limitations on
> networking
> you should look into, but if you require nothing but TCP/IP it's
> great. Runs
> about $60.
>
> 2) More expensive is VM Ware. I have no experience, but it's
> highly thought
> of by those who use it.
>
>    Hope this helps!
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Nelson [mailto:jnelson lexonia com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 3:07 PM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: How good *is* WINE really?
>
>
>
> Can anyone give a recommendation for or against WINE?  I'm
> at the end of my tether with Windows and need a solution that
> totally preserves my investment in Wintel software, yet draws
> off of Linux.  WINE would be perfect since it isn't Windows
> that I want... just the third-party apps.
>
> Can I just take arbitrary apps off the shelf and expect to
> run them under WINE?
>
> I guess I also lose things like Active X controls and
> Windows style inter-app communication.  That's a strike
> against WINE, but certainly tolerable.
>
> So is this an avenue worth pursuing?
>
> - John
>
>
>
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