[wellylug] Windows on Linux

[Bret Comstock Waldow]

Consider installing Office onto your Mandrake install using WINE.  WINE
is targeted most directly at running Office.  I have Office 97, and it
installs and runs well.

http://frankscorner.org/  is a good site for info, howto's,
evaluations.  Office 97 and Office 2000 are reported to work well - read
the notes about Office 2000.

Office XP seems to require Codeweaver's version - they report it works,
but with some bugs.

Installing this way means you can just use the software.  I have both
dual boot with Win98 and VMware, and I would rather just start the
program and use it and WINE allows that with several Windows programs I
occasionally still want to use.

Cheers,
Bret


On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 21:10, Paul Johnson wrote:
> I`m currently running Mandrake Comm. 10.0 standalone
> on my desktop and have been happily exploring Linux
> and its wealth of documentation for a little while now
> but have just got a job where I need to create some
> Windows/Office stuff.  I`ve been through the adding
> Linux to a Windows machine but was wondering what were
> the procedures and  pitfalls of installing Windows on
> a Linux machine.  Is there a how to or something I can
> refer to or does anyone have a set of steps to follow.
>  I think it`s nice that microsoft have provided a how
> to remove linux and install XP but it seems to involve
> blowing Linux away completely.
> 
> Cheers 
> 
> Paul
> 
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