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Re: [PLUG] which way to go to run winxp apps in linux
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On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 13:09 -0400, jeff wrote:
> 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...
>
> I think it depends on which programs and what you're looking for out of
> them. I've gotten a few up via Wine and it's tons better than it used
> to be, but....
>
> My preference is VMware. I built an XP image, which I run in VMPlayer.
> That should run whatever you throw at it, whereas Wine is a bit iffy
> and requires some fiddling sometimes.
>
> You can build images in Player - there are several guides online. You
> essentially create a blank hard drive and point the player at your
> CDROM, which should have an XP (or whatever) disk in it. So you're
> doing a fresh XP install.
>
> Ideally you keep a copy of this elsewhere, so you'll always have a clean
> image, just in case.
>
> I have no idea how it will perform on your machine, but I have done it
> with my old AMD box under XP, running Ubuntu, XP, or 98 images, and it
> performs acceptably.
>
>
> If you go this way and need help, let me know.
>
>
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Thanks everybody for all the VM suggestions for Windows. I settled with
"Innotek virtual box ose" that is available in ubuntu 7.10. Really the
first thing I tried to install and I liked it. Very simple, I can even
resize the Windows windows up to full screen and the vm resolution
follows with it. Very good enough for me (home use). Its snappy,
feels like a native machine.
jondz
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