>   been years since i would own up to being a geek. i
> spen the last years of my carreer as a mainframe
> programmer and my pc was taken care of by systems
> admin. i was a 1st class geek up to about 1993.
>   my hands hurt and i don't like to fool with pc
> operating systems.
>
> --- Brent Edwards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Kat wrote:
> >
> > > If you have the hard drive space and memory you
> > can run Windows
> > > programs in
> > > Linux using a Windows emulator.  There are a few
> > on the market as
> > > well as an
> > > open source one called, Wine.
> >
> > I should probably stay out of this, as operating
> > system discussions often
> > quickly degenerate into jihads, but...
> >
> > Wine is an absolute dog performance-wise. Yes you
> > can get a fair amount of
> > very well behaved windows apps to run on it, but
> the
> > speed hit even on a
> > fast machine with a ton of RAM is in the range
> most
> > people would define as
> > unacceptable.
> >
> > In truth (and I say this as one who hates
> microsoft
> > and runs linux wherever
> > I can) if you need to run windows apps, it's best
> to
> > configure your machine
> > to dual boot linux and windows. Also, even though
> > great strides have been
> > made with linux as far as ease of installation and
> > usability go, linux is
> > still NOT ready for prime time as a desktop OS. I
> > would not recommend linux
> > to anyone who is not a geek.
> >
> > I say this fully aware that I'll likely catch a
> lot
> > of flack, but that
> > doesn't change the plain facts.
> >
> > Brent
>
>
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