RE: OT: WinLinux

["Brooks R. Robinson" <brooks.robinson@rides.com>]

> Please use postfix response.
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>
> I'd recommend a tool such as Win4Lin over either of the prior
> suggestions.  You're working from GNU/Linux to a lesser OS.  You get
> pretty full Win98 support, and the option to administer the box
> centrally, without having to suffer through dual boots or reduced
> performance due to HW emulation.

	I did some testing last night just for giggles.  I downloaded the Sisoft
SANDRA 2001te (5.8.11) benchmarking tool from download.cnet.com.  I ran
comparisons on my dual boot Win2K install to a VMWare Virtual HD install of
Win2K.  The benchmarks according to this tool ran the CPU, etc. tests at
about 96% of the regular performance.  However, the virtual hard drive got
270% BETTER performance.  YMMV, but it's a small price to pay for not having
to dual boot.

I just love Debian/GNU Linux!

Brooks