Re: [MLUG] Linux with Windows apps

[Dave McBride <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I used to run Win4lin regularly, until I had to go back to using real XP 
alone (for reasons not related to Win4lin)
http://win4lin.net/content/

I was always very happy with it, but back when I switched, over a year 
ago, the (then new) version for XP was pretty slow as a VM.  I had 
previously only needed Win98 and it ran great, better than real W98.  I 
suppose they have that all worked out by now, but I'd try the trial 
version or 30-day moneyback first, just to be sure.  It was a good 
company to deal with; helpful and responsive, FWIW.

There is also Bochs  http://bochs.sourceforge.net/  which worked pretty 
well, last time I tried it.

Cheers,
  Dave

Mike Miller wrote:
> We'll be running Ubuntu on a desktop machine, but there are reasons why 
> we'll want to run Windows apps now and then, mostly to check that 
> certain things will work for Windows users (e.g., that a web page works 
> in IE for Windows).  What's the best solution?
>
> Dual-boot system?
>
> VMware?
>
> Xen?
>
> Wine?
>
> It seems that the dual-boot system would be easy to set up, and we could 
> even use a different HDD for each OS, but who really wants to kill Linux 
> and reboot the system to test a web page in IE?
>
> VMware sounds neat.  How much does it hurt the power of your Linux 
> system compared to running Linux alone?
>
> Xen - have you used it?  Is it like using VMware?  Will it slow down the 
> system or make it unstable?
>
> Wine sounds like it has occasional problems, but if it will run IE, 
> maybe that will be enough for us.  We have the Windows license and don't 
> mind using it if it will help.  Maybe with the native DLLs this is a 
> good choice.  Any thoughts?
>
> Mike
>
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