I'm new to UbunTu, but I go way back to DOS 1.1. So I don't think command line stuff will be any big deal. However, I'm thinking about using Cross Over Pro, instead of Wine. Does anyone have any feedback on Cross Over or comparisons with Wine? Is it better, less buggy? Regards, John -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "miciomax" <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Grof wrote: > > Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SafeCast#Protection_Level) is some detailed > infos about SafeCast protection > > > > This protection system write datas to Boot sector of main Hard disk. I do not > know how wine can handle this. [Question] I am a little skeptic.. > > > Well, I dunno if that's true, but I'm convinced that if an application fiddles > with my boot sector it deserves to be pirated. Users have enough problems with > viruses and so (in particular window$ ones....) without need of dumb protection > schemes that does virus-like stuffs. > AFAIK many protection schemes do READ from hdd serials, network cards MAC and > so... but never known about writing to boot sectors (at least, not on modern os, > on good ol DOS it was common...) > > Max > > > > >
