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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