[NTLUG:Discuss] Running Windows Apps in Linux...

[Chris Cox]

Tom Woody wrote:
 > with my most recent install of RedHat8 (very polished BTW), I want to
 > again try and eliminate Windows as an OS from my machine.
 >
 > I have just a few windows apps that I use, Quicken, etc. and my games.
 >
 > The two products that I have seen and heard a lot about are Codeweavers
 > Wine, and Transgaming Technologies WineX.
 >
 > 1) Are these 2 products different enough to coexist on the same machine?

Of course.  Different wines have different bouquet, flavor, etc....
(I'm serious)

 > 2) Will one of the two provide enough functionality of the other so
 > only one is needed?

A leading question.  The question is incorrect since it makes the
assumption that one is possibly a superset of the other.  While
it may be true that one has more "features", the other might have
working "features"... so you will prefer working to non-working.

I have used both Wine-X (but not the latest) and Code Weaver's
Wine (I have purchase the plugin as well as Office products).
If the goal is Quicken... I'd go with Code Weavers... as for games,
most D3D games WILL NOT WORK.  Even the ones that do work will
require MASSIVE horse power (e.g. a Ti4200+) and still the performance
will be less than Windows.  OpenGL tend to work quite well
however.  The ones that work the best are the same ones (unfortunately)
that Loki did ports for before they lost it all.  If you have
games that are already on Wine-X's list... then you might like
Wine-X, but DON'T expect Quicken to work right with the Wine-X
implementation (though I've had some success with QuickBooks
under true wine... the real one... not the spin-offs).


 >
 > Anyone have enough information/experience to provide any pros and cons
 > to the 2 packages?

Wine-X is good for some games and shows promise for D3D someday.
CodeWeaver Wine runs Office... something the others can only
    do with some irritating loss of functionality.  Now supports
    certain versions of Quicken (check their site).
 >
 > thanks,


So... I have 3 wines I use... Code Weavers, Wine-X (an older version)
and true Wine.... actually I have an older version of true Wine that
runs MSIE... I keep that around for demos (wow factor).