[KLUG Members] IBM T30, SuSE 10.0, and Windows apps

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 21:04 -0500, Peter Bart wrote:
> > >   I am asking for any guidance you might have regarding the install of  
> > > SuSE Linux on a P4 IBM laptop. Eventually it will have to run at least 
> > > Outlook 2003 because that's what the company I work for uses. Should I 
> > > use some sort of  virtual pc? 
> > VM-Ware.  Worth every penny.  You can even run multiple instances of
> > Windows (or LINUX).  Best thing is that "Windows" is then just a file.
> > Make a copy of the file.... Windows blows up for one of its many
> > reasons... copy file back and your "Windows" is "reinstalled".
> > Beautiful;  I'll never use Windows on bare-metal again.
> I take it you're referring to the almost $200 workstation as opposed to the free player?

Yes.  What "free player"?  If you mean WINE, then you'll have burned up
$200 in time pretty quickly.

> > >  I'm looking for more general 
> > > advice regarding whether to purchase a separate firewall or go with the 
> > > one bundled,
> > Bundled in what, the LINUX distro or do you mean something
> > external/physical?  The iptables firewall in the LINUX kernel is the
> > best firewall in the known universe.
> Bundled with the distribution, I'm mostly mobile and wireless so an external firewall doesn't do much good. Sounds
> like I'm all set with the iptables then.

Yes.  In SuSe you can adjust the firewall with Yast under security
settings.