[KLUG Advocacy] A quick SuSe 9.3 As A Workstation Review

[Bruce Smith]

> > > > BTW, I'd like to see a presentation on WINE running IE6 and WM7.  :-)
> > > http://sidenet.ddo.jp/winetips/config.html
>
> > Also, when looking for what wine packages are included in SuSE 9.3, I
> > see there is also a "winetools" RPM on the DVD.  It sounds much like the
> > same thing, any experience going that route?
> 
> I think I made my initial .wine with winetools.  What SideNet does I
> think is manage the install, in the correct magic order, in order to
> make an environment kosher enough for IE & Active-X to complete all
> their component registration.

First I installed and tried winetools.  I ran through it's GUI install
and got a few errors.  Then IE wouldn't start.  :-(

Then I did a "rm -fr ~/.wine*" and started over with your link (above).
It gave me a different error, but IE and Outlook Express seem to run.
I was able to open some web pages with IE, and my IMAP email with OE.

Windows Media Player starts, but errors out because it can't find any
sound device.  Is there some setup I need to do for that?

Also, do you know a URL where I can easily test if Active-X works?

I can hardly wait to go out and get me some spyware and viruses now!
Linux is so lacking in that area ...    ;-)

 - BS