Re: Desktop productivity with Debian GNU/LINUX
* Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> [030125 00:17]:
> on Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 12:54:46AM +1100, Russell (rjshaw@iprimus.com.au) wrote:
> > Rohan Nicholls wrote:
>
> > >I have to say that I took over my windows partition, and now run
> > >win2k in an emulator for the times I need to for work, and it runs as
> > >fast, with a few trivial exceptions, in the emulator as it did on its
> > >own, and for the rest of my life I get to run on a fast responsive
> > >and endlessly configurable system.
> >
> > I've got win2k. What is this emulator?
>
> I suspect it's VMWare: http://www.vmware.com/
You are right there, and there is plex86, but I have not explored that
fully yet, but intend to.
>
> Personal copy will set you back ~$100US or so.
>
> Codeweaver's Crossover Office (also a proprietary product) is another
> option.
This I have not tried, the company I work for, has the Office and Win2k
licenses so I have just used VMware and installed them. It is a very
sweet system, and allows me to deal with testing, and certain work
related things where I need to work in a windows environment.
The good part is it makes me appreciate linux even more, and I don't
have to do any rebooting to use it.:)
Good luck with trying it out, and enjoy having windows when you need it
without having to leave linux.
rohan
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