Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday July 19, 2000 Linux as your only machine

Randall Hofland rhofland at fastdial.net
Fri Jul 14 20:13:03 EDT 2000


And a huge file at that! I tried to download it on my 56K line and gave up after a
half hour of the 2 hours I would have needed to complete it.

Is it any good? It might be nice if we ever have the impetus to do so to create a
list of software reviews. And yes, I might be willing to build such a system for
BLU.org ONCE I get a better handle on building the pages and databases and address
any copyright issues. And maybe get a faster connection if they ever find their
way to the boondocks.

Jerry Feldman wrote:

> Most of the Corel stuff is native Linux and uses the Wine library. I'm not
> sure about PhotoPaint specifically.
>
> On 14 Jul 2000, at 10:33, Mark J. Dulcey wrote:
>
> > Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > >
> > > When: July 19, 2000 7:00 p.m. (6:30PM Q&A)
> > > Topic:  Linux as your only machine/Windows Emulators
> > > Presented by: Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
> > > Location:  MIT Building 4-370
> > >
> > > I will be talking about the various ways Windows users can move over the
> > > Linux and continue using their favorite Windows applications. I have
> > > prepared a presentation for the IBM Share convention (http://www.share.org)
> > > at the Hynes on July 24th and 25th. I have TreLOS' win4lin installed on my
> > > laptop, but we'll discuss alternatives such as WINE and other emulators
> > > such as VMWare and Plex86. My formal presentation includes a discussion of
> > > setting up Linux for LAN access, but we do that every BLU meeting, so we'll
> > > focus on some of the alternatives.
> >
> > Speaking of Windows applications for Linux, Corel PhotoPaint 9 for Linux
> > (which is actually a Windows application running under Wine - it comes
> > bundled with its own copy) is now available for free download from
> > http://linux.corel.com - and it actually works. It's another thing that
> > you might want to show, as an example of a large Windows application
> > running under an emulator.
>
> --
> Jerry Feldman
> Contractor, eInfrastructure Partner Engineering
> 508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/
>
> Compaq Computer Corp.
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> Marlboro, Ma. 01752
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