Windows and Linux

[Nathan England]

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George, 
How much did you pay for vmware?



Am Montag 10 Juni 2002 07:10 nachmittags schrieb George Toft:
> My experience with vmware is very positive.  Issues with vmware:
> - I cannot listen to Internet Radio at kccnfm100.com.  Even with four
> new software
> downloads, three reboots (virtual), and 2 crashes, all I got was static.
> - vmware does not do streaming media via USB.  Want to use a USB
> camera?  Forget it.
> - vmware with sound is usually preceeded with a loud pop.
> - vmware does not support directx very well (if at all).
>
> Other than that, it lets me do my taxes, browse using IE 5.5, and gives
> me blue screens,
> just like the real thing.
>
> George
>
> Mike Porter wrote:
> > Ok, this is intriguing to me.  I am looking to migrate my house over to
> > Linux, but I have some apps for which I cannot find comparable *nix
> > substitutes. (Believe it or not, the request to move torward Linux is at
> > my wife's request)
> >
> > So, those who have experienced VMware, win4lin, and the like, can you
> > offer me your best suggestions as far as which you prefer and which
> > flavor of Linux you believe is most solid with your choice?  Also, any
> > gotchas that you can think of would be most helpful.
> >
> > Also, has anyone run into problems with accessing Windows only devices
> > using either of these options?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Derek Neighbors [mailto:derek@gnue.org]
> > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 9:36 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Cc: punkmmiv@cox.net
> > Subject: Re: Windows and Linux
> >
> > On 26 May 2002 22:44:49 -0700
> >
> > Matt <punkmmiv@cox.net> wrote:
> > > I know that Windows and Linux are supposed to operate pretty well
> > > together, but the only articles I've read are about installing Linux
> > > once Windows is already there. I'm running a pure SuSE 8.0 box and I
> > > was wondering if it's possible to install Windows on it while still
> > > being able to use my current install?
> >
> > Try win4lin.  It lets you run windows as a window inside your GNU/Linux
> > environment.  Unlike VMWare and friends it is not a VM.  Also, unlike
> > WINE it actually works and works well.  It will even let windows use
> > (read/write) to your GNU/Linux file systems and such.  It is not free,
> > but neither is M$ Windows (so I assume you dont have a problem with
> > that) and it is by far the best way to 'suffer' M$ while not having to
> > 'leave' a real operating system.
> >
> > -Derek
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