Re: WDSC for Linux...

Aaron Bartell wrote on 01/11/2006 09:30:52 AM:

So for all you who want a linux version, do you use linux as your 

primary OS

for work? Or is it more a hobby interest. 

I would love to use Linux at work, but policy is to keep things 
homogenous.  There is also a fear of open source involved.  I can 
understand that not everyone can use a Linux desktop today - but I'd sure 
like to!  I have used Linux at home for long enough now that I am more 
comfortable in Linux than in Windows.

How do you gain access to things
that ONLY work on Windows - do you use VMWare or something?

I don't think I have anything like that .... the only ones I can think of 
off the top of my head are things I had to search out because I wanted 
functionality that I could have on Linux as part of the base install. For 
example - a reasonable screen-shot tool, a decent text editor,  and a way 
to remap keys.  Actually, there are one or two things that run 'under the 
covers' - Symantec backup tool & antivirus, and a program that keeps track 
of what programs are installed that might cause some problems for 
switching.

At home, I have a dual-boot machine.  I haven't booted Windows for ages - 
I think the last time I did was to confirm that my USB card reader was 
faulty rather than having a driver issue of some sort.  I used to reboot 
more frequently when I had more time to play games, although right now all 
the games I play when I can snatch some time are either on my Nintendo DS 
or work on Linux anyway (Nethack, Neverwinter Nights).

I've been trying to set up WDSC to run under the QEMU virtual machine 
software - I finally got around to installing 5.1.2 same time that 6.0 
showed up.

Just my 2 cents,
Adam

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