Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3254 mails)

["Jeric" <jeric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
What is the difference between wine and wineX?  Is wineX /just/ for games,
or can it do applications also? Because it looks like it has better support
for games then wine, but I haven't seen anything as to applications that is
supports.  Is it possible to run both at the same time (wineX for my games,
and wine for applications?)

I only have one (of several) computers left that still runs windows, but I
need it for several programs and, of course, games.  I am chained to windows
because I have programs such as: dreamweaverUltraDev4, flash5,
visualStudio.net, photoshop6, and bryce5.  I know most of these have a
somewhat comparable cousin in Linux, but I have come accustom to these
particular ones, and don't want to have to relearn new apps (or re-purchase
their equivalents).  Plus, some are going to have serious issues being
ported over (like .net).  Also, I need a gaming computer, so I need
something that can run games pretty well, too.

What is an inexpensive way to do this if Wine or WineX is not the way to go?
I looked at VMWare, but almost 300 dollars is a little much with its current
limitations, and no upgrade insurance.  Hardware requirements (i.e. extra
ram, hdd space, cpu power, etc.) are not an issue.

thanks,
jeric