Windows and Linux

[Roderick Ford]

For personal use, the price is ~$120...used to be $99.

Rod

George Toft wrote:
> Hi Nathan,
> 
> The price for vmware is $299.
> 
> George
> 
> 
> Nathan England wrote:
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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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