Re: [MLUG] Linux with Windows apps

[Michael Stegeman <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I'm currently using the closed-source version of VirtualBox, simply 
because the open-source version does not work with USB devices as is.  
If that's not a big issue for you, then I'd say go ahead with the GPL 
version.

As for the Microshaft comment... That sounds like something they'd do.  
Always trying to find a way to con you into buying their software.  I'm 
sure the Linux community will find a way around it though. :-)

Mike



Mike Miller wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007, Michael Stegeman wrote:
>
> > I've tried dual-booting, VirtualBox (VMware-like FOSS), and Wine. 
> > Personally, I did not enjoy dual-booting at all.  It was very much a 
> > pain in the neck to shut down Linux just to do one little thing in 
> > Windows, as you said. Wine is good for small programs now and then.  
> > I'm not entirely sure if IE will work with Wine or not, but it's 
> > definitely worth a try.  Here's a link I found that may provide the 
> > solution you need: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=553143
> >
> > Now, for VirtualBox... There are a couple things that I do in 
> > Windows.  I use PhotoShop, Excel (because OOo spreadsheet won't work 
> > right for a couple .xls files I have), and a couple small programs 
> > for some of my classes. VirtualBox allows you to set the amount of 
> > hard drive, RAM, video memory, etc. you want to provide to the VM, 
> > which is really nice.  My laptop has 1 GB of RAM, and i provide 512 
> > MB to my Windows VM in order to run PhotoShop properly.  I'll admit, 
> > Linux does lag a small bit when running simultaneously with Windows, 
> > but this lagging is hardly noticeable if you don't give such a large 
> > chunk of your RAM to the VM.  Here's a link if you want to check it 
> > out: http://www.virtualbox.org/
> >
> > I hope you find what you need!
>
>
> Thanks for the tips, Mike.  That was very helpful.
>
> I think RAM isn't too pricey these days, so we can probably afford 
> loads of memory for the VirtualBox.  I guess I'd add 1 GB to whatever 
> I was going to get.  We could use the free educational version of 
> VirtualBox, but we'd probably try the GPL version instead to see if 
> that is adequate for our needs.
>
> I've been reading that Microsoft is designing their programs to check 
> for Wine and then to fail or refuse to do updating if Wine is present. 
> That's not fair!  I guess that makes VirtualBox even more appealing.
>
> Mike
>
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