Re: I need some info/piece of mind before installing linux
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 10:38:48PM +1000, Colin Tree wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Just noticed something called VMware, a pc emulator which creates
> a virtual pc. Rock solid, runs ms-dos, windows 3.x, 95, 98, NT, 2000 beta.
> Needs a fast machine with heaps of ram and doesn't support DirectX.
> Has anyone tried this software ?
> http://www.vmware.com
It works pretty well. So far I haven't found any Win 95 apps which
won't run,but I haven't really tried. It's slower than native Win 95,
but you don't have to reboot. It's not free (in either a gnu or $
sense).
>
> >also, is there any way to still use
> Win95 apps in linux, i like to make techno music on my computer and would like
> to carry over my production music(and video games for that matter) to linux, is
> this possible??
> >Joshua Klessig >
Of course there's also wine, which keeps getting better, but still has a
way to go.
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