Subj : the woes and whims of winXX
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Dec 04 2019 03:06 am

In a post between "Kurt Weiske : August Abolins", on 12/3/2019 10:09 AM

  AA> ..I'd move to a linux distro in a heartbeat.

 KW> I felt the same way, until I got Photoshop and Remote
 KW> Administrator working under WINE.

Hello Kurt,

I had success in getting MS Office 2007 operating under Wine.  But.. that was 
on a Manjaro installation that I later found out to refuse to cooperate with 
the Windows pcs on my network and visa versa.  So, I had to scrap Manjaro.  :(  
 It was a sad day.


 KW> Remote Administrator from FAMATech (great remote admin tool,
 KW> BTW - it's made running my BBS remotely feel like it's under
 KW> my desk)

I remember seeing that one in the past. Yes, their price-point is really good.  
I used Teamviewer for a little while a long time ago when I needed to support 
client computers from remote, but the monthly pricing was hard to bear.


 KW> I was worried about Microsoft Office, but I have an
 KW> Office365 license through work, and can access Office apps
 KW> in a web browser on Linux or Windows, and LibreOffice is a
 KW> wonderful cross-platform Office suite that does everything I
 KW> need.

I think the best Wine could do was up to Office 2007, which I had and still 
use.  OpenOffice and LibreOffice are great gifts for us all.


 KW> Another option is always to run a Windows virtual machine
 KW> under Linux - it's a nice way to make a step towards Linux
 KW> while still depending on Windows. There are even tools to do
 KW> P2V migrations (Physical to Virtual) that let you migrate
 KW> your Windows environment as-is into a VM.

I did that sort of thing with OS/2 2.1 and OS2/2 Warp.  I could learn to use 
native OS/2 programs and switch to the Win environment for Win only programs if 
necessary.

But today, I rely on established Win products on all my pcs for work and home. 
The machines are all quite old as you could probably tell from my post to E 
Sullens.  I don't think I have sufficient ram to maintain VMs for Win on any of 
them.

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