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SchroedingerzKat wrote:
|>I guess that depends on what you mean by flexible. Wine's better
|>integration with the host gives it flexibility that Windows under <your
|>favorite virtual PC> simply can't have.
|>
|>Ross
|
|
| Well I might add that I've run WINE several times and been a tad
disappointed.
| There is a lot of simple stuff it can run. Crossover and WINEX can
run even
| more. But there's still a buttload that it can't run.
|

To clarify, I was talking about the (theoretical) version of Wine that
doesn't
have any bugs :-)

| If you are hardcore WINE hacker, you can make stuff work no doubt.
And if you
| have access to the source (which you often don't), programs can be
hacked /
| compiled to work.
|
| WINE reminds me of the Linux ABI on FreeBSD. The Linux ABI runs like 90
| percent of programs, but it's inevitably the other 10 percent that one
needs.
| Yeah I could delve into the source code and fix the program, but I'm
an end
| luser, not a C programmer with 10 years experience.
|
| Then again it's a matter of experience. I'm routinely told AOL won't
work on
| Linux, yet I routinely run it anyway under Crossover.
|
| I have nothing against WINE, but there's no substitute for true
emulation or
| virtualization software. Perhaps there will one day be a free (no cost)
| virtualization counterpart to WINE and Bochs (like the old Plex86).
|
| Michael

Have you tried QEMU? It's an emulator, but a fast one. And it's free :-)

Ross



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