[techtalk] vmware

[Amanda Owens]

Hello Rose,

Now, I'm a bit biased, but when I want to use Windows applications, I use
Win4Lin. It's faster than VMWare, and it's cheaper than VMWare ($89 for a
CD set, $59 for download). Though the current version doesn't allow
Windows Networking, there's a new version comming out soon that will allow
for this via a virtual NIC card (like VMWare). Most software seems to run
on it fine (though it doesn't support DirectX so most newer games won't
run). I know for a fact that MS Office 2K, Framemaker and Photoshop all
run great under Win4Lin.

That said, I've heard that Wine is great if you can get it to work (I've
never had luck, myself, but then I haven't played with it much). VMWare
does have it's place - it offers support for some software and devices
that Win4Lin does not (No external SCSI or USB support for Win4Lin
currently, and it only runs Windows 95/98).

For more information on Win4Lin, visit www.netraverse.com

Mur!

On Thu, 17 May 2001, Rose wrote:

> I am interested in vmware and would love to hear from others who have
> used this. I just emailed them in hopes of getting an academic discount.
> 
> On the other hand Im all for ending the clutter of two boxes on my desk
> and giving one to someone who needs one and using Wine for the major
> apps I run like Photoshop 6 and Illustrator. That is if they will work
> under wine. I need to investigate that further.
> 
> O/T: My sons Dad called me today all happy, it appears as though page
> 226 of O'Reillys  Perl for Sys Admin says something about his open
> source baby freetds.org, awww!
> 
> Rose
> 
> 
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