[KLUG Members] run windows within linux

[Bruce Smith]

> Is there any good alternitive to use then. for most apps it's not a problem 
> to find linux stuff to replace it but some I can't.  but like I mentioned 
> before I have some VB apps I really need to keep going. and maybe a couple 
> games my wife and I play. nothing really serious game wise. 

Depending on the VB apps, someone may have written equivalent apps for
Linux.  Search freshmeat.net to find out.

Otherwise, if you wrote the apps and/or you have the source code, you
may be able to port the apps to Linux.

> and what are the bare min. requirements for vmware by chance?

The memory your Linux requires +PLUS+ the memory your Windows requires.
And enough disk space to hold both OS's & apps.

You can get more/better info at www.vmware.com, along with pricing.

If I had to run Windows programs under Linux, I'd probably try to get
them working in Wine first.  Because it's free, and it doesn't cost you
anything to try the apps there first.  If the don't run correctly, then
I'd spend the money for VMware.  (because I'm cheap, YMMV)  :-)

I think you can get an evaluation license for VMware, so you can try
your apps there before you buy it.

FWIW, VMware allows you to run different OS's than just Windows.  You
could run Mandrake inside of Redhat (or the other way around).  AND you
can run more than one "guest OS" at a time (if you have enough memory).

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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