jhansonxi@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > anandpursahibwale@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I'm planning my first Linux/Wine install. Is there any advantage to > > having a Windows (say W2K) partition to install Win apps to, when the > > plan is to run them under Wine/Linux? > > Not really. Wine doesn't use local DLLs unless overrides are set. > > > I do have a licensed copy of W2K, so I could do that if it were an > > advantage (e.g., is it easier to install difficult or unruly win apps > > under windows first?). > > Only if the installers fail but in most cases you also need the > registry entries. That's what I suspected, which I might go ahead with the Win partition until I'm comfortable with the installation of the programs I decide to continue using under Wine > > > Any other suggestions (I'm planning out my partition sizes on a blank > > 73GB SCSI HD now). > > Since Wine is installed in your home directory there really is no > difference to a normal Linux install unless you want to dual-boot Win2K > and Linux. There is a security advantage to installing Windows apps > under a separate account in a different home directory but it depends > on how paranoid you are. I would never install IE in my normal home > folder for instance. For IE or Office you may want to use an emulator > like QEMU or VMWare to host a Win2K install in a virtual file system. > The guest OS filesystem would then be stored in a single large file > that you can simply overwrite from a backup when some virus turns it > into a pr0n spam server. I may start with the Win 2K installation and move on to trying QEMU or VMWare as I get up the Linux learning curve. > > Don't forget to try out FOSS alternatives to your Win apps. It will > eliminate a lot of legacy overhead. I'm looking forward to that, but in the past, I have some experience with StarOffice under OS/2 and the compatibility thing for formats with severe formatting features was quite good enough when editing and returning work from home items back to the office. Thanks for the suggestions. _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
