Re: I need some info/piece of mind before installing linux

[David Teague <dbt@elentari.cs.wcu.edu>]

Revenant:

Great that you should contribute back to the liet! congratulations.

The package you mention is WABI, "Windows Application Binary
Interface" or something like that, it is commercial, and as I recall
it only works for 3.1 applications. It has been a long time since I
looked. 

This is the best part of Linux, and of Debian, namely the give an
take of problems and solutions. Except that these folk are really
nice too boot -- quick to answer and almost alwasy right, and 
if I goof, they are kind in correcting.


--David
David Teague, dbt@cs.wcu.edu
Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,
                 useful, technically accurate, and friendly.
                 (Thanks folks.)

On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Revenant wrote:

> Mounting an MS-DOS filesystem should work - I was doing that until I
> realised you could do VFAT.  You'll just be without your
> long filenames.
> 
> There is a Windows 'emulator' called "WINE" for Linux but it's not 100%
> reliable and is still listed as a developer's-only alpha release to the
> best of my knowledge.
> 
> I believe there is a UNIX win emulator called WAPI, but it's commercial
> and I don't know how much it would cost.
> 
> Wahoo!  My first opportunity to *give back* to this list. :)