[NTLUG:Discuss] Looking for A Linux accounting book keeping suite.

[Chris Cox]

mike wrote:
>   (I apologize in advance if this has already been answered.. 
>     i don't follow the threads too closely these days kids are 
>     in town for the summer, but this one caught my attention.)
> 
> First, my (very) limited understanding of wine is that it requires an 
> installed version of m$ in your filesystem somewhere.

The goal of wine is to run WITHOUT any installed version of Windows.
Wine will run either way... there are still some DLL functions that
you have to use the M$ libraries for... but the vast majority of
common calls have been implemented.

> It just saves you the 
> reboots and system hangs. (I could be wrong, since I'm just a "user" that 
> doesn't rtfm ever.. if it needs that much work, there's gotta be a better way 
> to do it.)  Running a program in wine that requires an install program first 
> generally requires the install to run from a windows session (not from wine) 

If you are running wine using an Windows install, then you can choose to
install a product while running Windows, or choose to install using wine
under Linux.  My favorite way is to run with NO Windows install... thus
in keeping with the intent of wine.  Many programs will run using this
Window-less wine.  However, I have only been able to get MSIE to run
using a mixed wine (using installed M$ DLLs).... of course it is merely
a curiosity since running MSIE is similar to pouring gasoline on an
open flame.

> then the installed program can be called from linux using wine.  I've only 
> attempted 1 major install from linux using wine and that was enough to not 
> try it again.  Others' results may vary. (please tell me if I'm wrong!)
> 

Since wine vintages vary greatly, the best way to use wine is by
compiling your own... be it the official wine, the Transgaming wine,
etc.

Generally speaking, most of your suppositions were indeed wrong....
but many talk about wine and are not true connoisseurs (and thus
mislead many).

An example of some Windows games that run nicely under Windowless-wine
can be found at http://www.reflexive.net

Regards,
Chris