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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] suse10 & win4lin
From:       Alfredo Cole <alfredo () acyc ! com>
Date:       2005-11-08 19:30:57
Message-ID: 200511081330.58636.alfredo () acyc ! com
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El Martes, 8 de Noviembre de 2005 12:40, Stephen Allewell escribió:
 > Serge Naggar wrote:
 > > Hi,
 > >
 > > I am now using suse 9.1 and win4lin [not the pro version] for win98.
 > >
 > > I am thinking of using it {win4lin with win98] on suse 10.
 > >
 > > Has anybody used win4lin 2.6.? with win9? in suse10?
 > >
 > > In other words: can I use the win4lin for win98 on suse 10?
 > >
 > > thanks
 > >
 > > serge
 >
 > The older version of Win4Lin doesn't run on the SuSE 2.6 kernels, but I
 > believe can be used on patched vanilla kernels.
 >
 > This was one of the reasons I delayed updating to the 2.6 kernels.  When
 > Win4Lin Pro came out I updated and installed it, but it was very slow,
 > unusable in fact, maybe others had better luck.
 >
 > I ended up installing VMware instead, which I have to say is excellent,
 >   using VM machines of XP Pro and Solaris 10.
 >
 > Regards
 >
 > Steve

I too bought win4lin Pro and had to discard it. Version 2 was much better than 
version 1.x, but still too slow. I use VMWare WS5 and it is good. A cheaper 
alternative might be Parallels (www.parallels.com) which looks like it can do 
what VMWare can.

Regards.

-- 
Alfredo J. Cole
Grupo ACyC

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