Mighty JD
06-28-2001, 12:01 AM
Hello. . . I am new to the Linux world as well as many of you are. I have been playing with the Live eval of SuSE 7.2 and I absolutely love it. I have just ordered the personal version from SuSE. I would like to totally run Linux and scrap Windows altogether but I have a few programs and games that I have to use. I know that many people have run windows programs under linux using an emulator. I wanted to find out what emulator is the best out there for stability, speed and ease of use. Thanks!
Craig McPherson
06-28-2001, 03:48 AM
You should be able to view compatibility reports and success stories at http://winehq.com/. I number of programs you'll be able to run with WINE depends on your level of eliteness. Without tinkering, WINE can run a fair number of Windows programs at a usable level, but 1337 people can get it to run a surprising amount of stuff.
It looks like the WINE compatibility reports have been moved here:
http://appdb.codeweavers.com/
WINE will still never make Windows binaries look native, though. I personally don't use WINE for anything. I think it's much better to hunt down a native Linux alternative to your Windows program, and if no alternative TRULY exists (often, it does, but they can be hard to find), that's what Windows machines are for. :) People don't need specific applications, they need applications that perform the specific tasks they want to accomplish. It's better to search for a native program that accomplishes those tasks than to try to make a specific application work under WINE.
[ 28 June 2001: Message edited by: Craig McPherson ]
Also check out Win4Lin and VMware.
They can run them ALL.
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