Re: Codeweavers Crossover product - Run Windows apps on Linux

When I am operating at home on my Ubuntu desktop I find it better to just
load up VirtualBox and my XP Pro instance for the few Windows apps I need
access to. Especially with the VirtualBox "seamless" mode it feels, well,
fairly seamless to Alt+Tab from RDi to a Linux app. Here is a screen shot
of RDi running in a VirtualBox instance with Ubuntu Linux as the host:

http://mowyourlawn.com/temp/rdi_seamless.png

My big issue right now is finding a mail/calendar client that is close to
being as solid as Outlook 2007. My two issues with Thunderbird is that it
doesn't do Exchange calendars and it does a hard crash anytime I paste
something into an email message from tn5250j or SquirrelSQL. My issue with
Evolution is that it is sooo stinking slow when it attempts to resolve email
addresses as I am typing them in (usually locks it up for 20 seconds),
though it *does* support Exchange calendars. I wish they had a setting to
turn off email validation. I have also tried Zimbra which is ok, but again,
no Exchange calendar. And the new Seamonkey, which is based on Mozilla,
also has the same crashing issue as Thunderbird.

I once tried to get a Lotus email client installed, but that didn't end up
working (don't remember why - maybe it was only a trial and didn't connect
with Exchange).

So right now I recently switched back to using Outlook 2007 in VirtualBox.
IMO, nobody yet compares to Microsoft's efforts in Outlook. Sure it has
issues here and there, but it works better than all others I have tried
concerning both email AND calendar.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well I only run four Windows apps and Crossover is 0.5 for 4* on those
so I guess I won't be rushing out to buy it. In turn I suppose that
means I should stay away from Wine as well.

* If anyone is interested the four are Dragon 10 (the 0.5), WDSC/RDi,
Quickbooks, and Lotus Freelance.


Jon Paris

www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com



On 5-Nov-09, at 10:02 AM, linuxdesktop4i-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Crossover is a commercial product that the developers of WINE have
created
(I like to think of it as the commercial version of WINE).
Crossover allows
you to run Windows applications natively in Linux without changing the
Windows application.

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