Ill jump in here , While I applaud Corel for making corel Office 2000 , and its phot shop app avialable on linux via wine , I would rather have a linux naative version. The fact that it uses wine/winelib is relevent in that if
It *is* a Linux native version. Every single byte of the app and it's libraries was compiled on a Intel Linux machine using (I assume) gcc. It's not emulated, it's not relinked on the fly, it's not fudged in any way. How do *you* define "native"?
each app needs to load/use its own version of wine , than thati is a maitinence issue thaat could get thorny if there are several diffrent apps that need diffrent versions of wine/winelib. I would hoipe that they would only need a diffrent wine configuration file.
If that's the case it will be a problem. I don't see why it should be the case though. Once Winelib gets to version 1.0, that's what everyone will use. While it's in alpha, and the products are in beta, its too early to tell. Corel have jumped the gun a bit, and may have to issue patches, but they are right in there with the Winelib developers so I reckon they know what they are doing.
Basicly if its an app that I realy need and is not avialable as a linux native app , I will considur using it under wine , but only if it realy
I don't think I would ever run anything under Wine. It's just too slow at startup (when it does its dynamic relink thing) and I'm not convinced it'll ever be stable enough.
bunch of P166/150s still in use , and with wine I take a significan preformance hit. Linux native is the way to go. Hopefull thaat issue will
Programs running with Winelib are slower than those running with gtk or Qt, etc, it's true. But they do tend to do a lot more (call it bloat if you like). If your hardware isn't up to it, run another program. If you really need an app upgrade your hardware. This is hardly a new concept. On a 650mhz laptop with 128MB of RAM both Photopaint and Toppage are perfectly usable, and as WInelib matures it'll get better. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq