Re: [PLUG] which way to go to run winxp apps in linux

[Matthew Rosewarne <mrosewarne@inoutbox.com>]

On Tuesday 16 October 2007, jondz wrote:
> I am completely clueless in windows so should i go to the direction of
> vmware or wine, or is there anything out there.  I just want to run just
> a few programs just because i have to...

You should definitely try wine first, since it provides the best experience.  
You can check if your apps are known to work at appdb.winehq.org.

If wine doesn't quite do it for you, I'd recommend Crossover from Codeweavers.  
It's based on wine, but with some things to make it easier to work with and 
special handling for certain apps.  It costs money, but I've found it to be 
well worth it.  Since the changes from Codeweavers go directly into wine, you 
can also think of it as helping pay to improve wine.

If you simply can't get your app to work on wine or Crossover, I'd recommend 
using QEMU to install windows in a VM.  If you need further instructions on 
that, just ask.

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