Re: vmware

[mike808@users.sourceforge.net]

> 	For the web browser specific stuff, a cheaper route than VMWare is
> CrossOffice (~$55, www.codeweavers.com), or completely free option is Wine
> (which is what CrossOffice is based upon).

Xandros (Deluxe) comes with Crossover Office and Plugin.
The kernel patches are already there for installing Win4Lin if Crossover doesn't
cut it.

Crossover works best when there's an existing Windows system to "borrow" the
real-deal DLLs from when needed. Bare Crossover on a Windows-free system will
likely be too "rough" for your tastes.

Now, if you do have a licensed Windows system (and who doesn't? They're the
Herpes of OEMs - you can't get rid of the sh*t), you can run Crossover and
*emulate* a windows environment - each app runs as if it were in windows, but it
is a separate app. If that doesn't cut the mustard, you can get Win4Lin, which
really runs Windows (but as an app) under Linux. And then there's VMWare, which
shares the physical machine with Linux - not as an app under Linux. For the last
two options, you *have* to have a licensed Windows OS to install from. It's an
inconvenience, but it will get worse with XP and Win2K and beyond, as Microsoft
works ever harder to prevent you from "unauthorized" use of their Operating
System - and that will soon likely include being hosted on some other OS.

Mike/



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