Re: exe files

[vijaya <vijaya indvalley com>]

ABrady wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:19:49 +0530 vijaya <vijaya indvalley com>
> imparted to us:
>
> > hi,
> > How do i run a .exe file on linux ?
> > (gzexe would do?)
>
> Some .exe files aren't .exe and are really .zip instead. On those you
> use unzip.
>
> If is really and exe file, you can't run them directly. You can get
> vmware (not cheap, not useful if you only want to run something on
> occassion), win4lin (cheaper, works only [last I knew] with older
> kernels) or wine (doesn't run too awful much for me, some have a little
> better luck). WINE is free, the others cost. WINE is less likely to be
> successful. But, it's free.
>
> If you plan on running gobs of 'Doze products, vmware is your best bet.
> If you want to play solitaire, WINE will do. If you're willing to
> downgrade to 2.0.x kernels, then win4lin is good.
>
> --
> Excuse my english. I went to US public school.
>
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:) thanks cost does matter at times!
LOllllllll of course ur english is excused as far as the message is
conveyed!!!!:))