Re: How good *is* WINE really?

[Ralph Slooten <ralph slooten quicknet nl>]

I just installed vmware successfully yesterday on my Pentium III 800mh/z. I
tried once before on my old PI 233, and got immediately a warning about my
processor being too slow. If I remember correctly, you need at lest 300 or
something, so I know for sure you wll be able to run it ;-)

Just remember that windows will run quite a bit slower than if it was
normally run with a clean reboot, as it is running Linux at the same time.
Another thing is that it seems to only be able to have sound with a SB 16
PCI, so I with my 128 PCI can't get any sound. On the other hand, why would
I even need sound, it's not like I could run Linux -> Windows -> and Unreal
Tournament under the same computer ;-) That would be expecting just a bit
too much ;-)

Seting Vmware up is quite easy, as it asks you where you want the
filesystem for Windows to reside. Actually this is just 1 big file (grows
the more you install under Windows) with a coupld os config files to go
with it. You have to start vmware then with a boot floppy and fdisk, format
and install, Just like you were installing a real Windows oartition.

On my system I have WinME with CorelDRAW9 running great. Actually it's the
only reason I installed Vmware, as I'm not planning of buying the Linux
version for 150 US$ or so if I have the Windows already. On the other hand,
I would download it if only I could find it (hint hint)   :-)

Just give it a try if you have enought drivespace (you can state a max file
size, default 2000 MB's).

Good luck,

Ralph

On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel wrote:

> On  Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Art Ross commented thusly,
>
> > Yes you can work Windows tasks in the background as you do something else in
> > Linux.  This has been a blessing for us while using VMware at Sinclair
> > College.  VMware will really push the system resources so I have found myself
> > beginning a Windows task, use the Hot Keys to return to Linux and conduct some
> > System Administration tasks or other.
>
> What kind of hardware do you need to run vmawre comfortably, I have a
> Athlon 500 Mhz, with 128 mb ram, will that be enough? I am curious about
> your experiences/hardware using vmware since I havent tried it myself. How
> does it work out in real terms, ie how does a standard setup like
> win98+microcrap office run under vmware+linux.
>
> About Wine, it too is making giant leaps and bounds and it is worth taking
> a look at it, it can run many windoze programs well, actually the older
> the program is the more chance that wine will run it properly.
>
>
> Best Wishes,
> Grendel
>
>
>

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