Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Runnin a microft software in opensuse and ubuntu

The problem with VirtualBox is that you need a fairly fast computer with
lots of RAM and a Windows license. Wine requires neither of these. You can
get better Wine compatability with Ubuntu because it has more support. You
can also get PlayonLinux and Winetricks for Ubuntu and you can only get
PlayonLinux for OpenSuSE. They provide better Wine compatability than what
you will get OTB. In general there are far more packages available for
Ubuntu anyway. However, if you prefer OpenSuSE then you can probably get it
to work as well, just with more effort.

Roy

Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
Location: Canada

On 27 March 2011 16:07, Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 04:52:13PM -0000, Ken wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a dual boot system OpenSuse and Ubuntu. I am unsure which one I
> prefer.I have a couple of Microsuck programs I need to run in both. Just
> which applications will help me?
> >
> Wine will run some things, sometimes well, sometimes not.
>
> VirtualBox can be useful as an easy virtualization platform. You
> install VirtualBox, install Windows on it, and then open it to run those
> Windows applications, especially if you can share the virtual machine
> files (in your home directory, under VirtualBox by default, but you can
> choose, during creation of the guest operating system, where to put it.
> You would need a valid Windows key, and reasonably good hardware to do
> that.
>
> --
> Scott Robbins
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> gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6
>
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> Buffy: It's a long story.
> Oz: I got bit.
> Buffy: Apparently not that long.
> Faith: Hey, as long as you don't go scratchin' at me or humpin' my
> leg, we're
> five-by-five, ya' know?
> Oz: Fair enough.
>
>
>

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