Hi folks,

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet or not, so I'll have a go
anyway.

Out of curiosity, I installed AT2K on my Fedora Core 3 box using
Crossover Office 3.0.

It installs and runs just fine. Finally! Wyse60 emulation on Linux.

--
Bob Little
Graphik Dimensions, Ltd.
High Point, NC

Bob Little wrote:
Any tricks to making it work, or was it plug and play?

Art

Art Martz wrote:
No - once Crossver Office is installed, you just have it install an
"Unsupported Application". Works just like a regular Windows install.

I have since noticed though, that it doesn't like you to "select and
copy" from the screen. It tends to freeze up.

--
Bob Little
Graphik Dimensions, Ltd.
High Point, NC

Bob Little wrote:
Isn't Crossover Office just a dressed up version of Wine?

Art

Art Martz wrote:
Yes, but it operates parallel to any existing wine install you may have.
I like it because it handles Windows installs, keeps a "fake Windows"
registry and takes care of the configurations wine needs to make Win
apps run harmoniously. I had previously been unsucessful at getting
wine to run AccuTerm.

I mainly bought it so that I could run Media Player on Linux for those
streaming websites that are really picky about that sort of thing.

I don't mean to sound like a Code Weavers salesman, but I just thought
it was a nice suprise that AccuTerm installed and ran pretty smoothly
when by all accounts it shouldn't have.

--
Bob Little
Graphik Dimensions, Ltd.
High Point, NC

[snip]
Check out wine-config-sidenet (I think) It will configure wine and install
IE and MPlayer for you. It also provides nice replacements for 'My
Computer', Windows Explorer, and regedit.

It's pretty cool seeing IE running under Linux, considering it is allegedly
a 'core component' of Windows!

John.

The "interesting" thing is, where did you get the IE install from, and
what answers did you provide to the install questions when it talked
about licencing

Hi Ross,
Well I got the install off the APCMag cover cd. As for licensing, I
have a retail copy of XP Pro which I am NOT using (as I have ditched XP at
home in favour of Linux).

The important aspects from the EULA are:

NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VALID EULA FOR ANY "OS PRODUCT" (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98, MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT 4.0,
MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000, MICROSOFT MILLENNIUM EDITION, MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP,
OR ANY OTHER MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEM THAT IS A SUCCESSOR TO ANY OF THE
FOREGOING OPERATING SYSTEMS) YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO INSTALL, COPY, OR
OTHERWISE USE THE OS COMPONENTS AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS UNDER THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL EULA.

You may install and use one (1) copy of the OS Components on each of your
computers running validly licensed copies of the applicable OS Product,
provided that you use such additional copies of such OS Components in
accordance with the terms and conditions above. Microsoft retains all
right, title and interest in and to the OS Components. All rights not
expressly granted are reserved by Microsoft.

....So I think the answer is this is 'sort of' okay

Google for 'windows emulation wine legality' for some interesting arguments
from both sides of the fence.


Regards,


John.




"Ross Ferris" <rossf (AT) stamina (DOT) com.au> wrote

Ross Ferris wrote:
The *real* question is; Why on earth would you want to!!???

Art

John V wrote:
With some Googleing, I found http://sidenet.ddo.jp/winetips/config.html,
which is a start. Is there anything else I should look at, any other web
pages or faqs?

Art