Re: [SLE] SuSE 8 - Do I need the windows partition?
How true Jerry, providing true native Linux software is the only way Linux will ever be a serious desktop operating system. As much as I love Linux I often ask myself why do I run two operating systems? Years ago the Amiga OS and then IBM's OS were better alternative desktop systems then Windows. So what was lacking in these advanced alternatives to Windows, software applications. In Linux supporting projects that run Windows applications we are just shouting, yes Linux is great only if you use Microsoft or Win related programs! Don't get me wrong here of course we want programs to be able to save files in variety of different formats. Just the main application has to be a true Linux application.
Yes ... I was saying to a friend that the difficulty I was experiencing as an advanced Windows user (is that regarded as offensive?) was breaking my habits and forcing ME (myself) over to Linux. HE said I could always use Wine and and I said I felt that rather defeated the object of moving to *nix which was to get away from MS and into *nix & opensource etc. Sure once I've figured out the serieous stuff I may try Wine or something like it but I want to see what Linux can do first! James C. Rocks Equant Archway House Canary Wharf London E14 9SZ Phone: 0207-5226856 Fax: 0207-5126087 Mobile Phone: 07771-767405 http://www.equant.com
This plays into a previous post about emulators vs. native applications. There are many main-stream applications that are native to Linux, such as word processors, spread sheets, presentation managers, budget and checkbook programs. Today, a large number of these are both free and open source. Most of the office suite products may import and export files in a variety of different file formats, including Microsoft. As Linux (and FreeBSD and commercial UNIXes) become more popular, more good (and bad) applications will come. Windows developers will have the incentive to port their products to Linux. On 28 Jun 2002 at 8:43, James.Rocks@equant.com wrote:
Yes ... I was saying to a friend that the difficulty I was experiencing as an advanced Windows user (is that regarded as offensive?) was breaking my habits and forcing ME (myself) over to Linux. HE said I could always use Wine and and I said I felt that rather defeated the object of moving to *nix which was to get away from MS and into *nix & opensource etc. Sure once I've figured out the serieous stuff I may try Wine or something like it but I want to see what Linux can do first!
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I think we are likely to be in a "need for Windows s/w" situation for a long time to come. As W2k (or W2003k, or whenever) becomes more prevalent in the work world, the AutoCad's and the Pro-E's and so on are going to need to be supported on Linux, if we're ever going to make Linux a desk-top OS. I would run this program from Linux if I could, because I like it better than the mail programs on Linux. (Actually, I haven't tried lately-- they say Wine is improved.) I don't think there is inherently anything wrong with s/w that runs on Windows--if we had the source it could probably just be recompiled to run on Linux, BUT WE DON'T! (Full-up AutoCad could be a problem, since it also has internally a LISP program.) But back to the basics: just because a company has written s/w that runs on Windows does not make the s/w or the company bad or inferior. It's Windows ITSELF that gets our goat, to be polite about it. --doug /second level message stripped out/
Yes ... I was saying to a friend that the difficulty I was experiencing as an advanced Windows user (is that regarded as offensive?) was breaking my habits and forcing ME (myself) over to Linux. HE said I could always use Wine and and I said I felt that rather defeated the object of moving to *nix which was to get away from MS and into *nix & opensource etc. Sure once I've figured out the serieous stuff I may try Wine or something like it but I want to see what Linux can do first!
James C. Rocks Equant Archway House Canary Wharf London E14 9SZ Phone: 0207-5226856 Fax: 0207-5126087 Mobile Phone: 07771-767405 http://www.equant.com
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Yes ... I was saying to a friend that the difficulty I was experiencing as an advanced Windows user (is that regarded as offensive?) was breaking my habits and forcing ME (myself) over to Linux. HE said I could always use Wine and and I said I felt that rather defeated the object of moving to *nix which was to get away from MS and into *nix & opensource etc. Sure once I've figured out the serieous stuff I may try Wine or something
There was recently an article that Pro-E is porting over to Linux. (Pro-E was originally in Unix but also went over to Windows NT). I wished that Innoveda (now a part of Mentor Graphics) would port all of their programs over to Linux. They too were originally Unix and still make the same programs, except for PowerPCB, in Unix. (some of their Unix programs run in Windows via Nutcracker) They do have a couple of programs in Linux, but unfortunately, not any of the ones I use. Maybe in the near future, I keep hagling them to do so. Art -----Original Message----- From: Doug McGarrett [mailto:dougmack@i-2000.com] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 3:46 PM To: James.Rocks@equant.com; suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE 8 - Do I need the windows partition? I think we are likely to be in a "need for Windows s/w" situation for a long time to come. As W2k (or W2003k, or whenever) becomes more prevalent in the work world, the AutoCad's and the Pro-E's and so on are going to need to be supported on Linux, if we're ever going to make Linux a desk-top OS. I would run this program from Linux if I could, because I like it better than the mail programs on Linux. (Actually, I haven't tried lately-- they say Wine is improved.) I don't think there is inherently anything wrong with s/w that runs on Windows--if we had the source it could probably just be recompiled to run on Linux, BUT WE DON'T! (Full-up AutoCad could be a problem, since it also has internally a LISP program.) But back to the basics: just because a company has written s/w that runs on Windows does not make the s/w or the company bad or inferior. It's Windows ITSELF that gets our goat, to be polite about it. --doug /second level message stripped out/ like
it but I want to see what Linux can do first!
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