On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:02 AM, ipse lute <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Does anyone know what hardware requirements are necessary for running > CAD/BIM software under Wine? Anyone tried running Autocad-like or > architectural software under wine, and to what avail? Any particular > examples will be much apreciated. I would like to run BIM software under > Wine within a popular linux distro like Mandriva or Debian-based, but i'm > afraid it will run too slow. Running such software under linux will save me > some RAM? Will i gain some CPU speed? > > > Because I'm trying to learn CAD (not very well) I did some looking. On the Wine AppDB many Autodesk/Autocad programs seem to carry a garbage rating. To me, that's not Wines fault. For hardware, look at the programs RECOMMENDED requirements. Then move one or two solid steps above that, at least. Because I'm a cynic and a pessimist and I've been burned too many times. RAM and CPU issues can't be determined until a program runs as it should. As for a distro, for what you want to do I recommend Debian stable (Lenny). What you want to do does not need all the bells and whistles that many distros use. It is a Rock of Gibraltar, which is what you need for mission critical use. NOTE: My distro comment is based on my personal experience AND what he says his needs are. If anyone wants to recommend another distro, feel free. But, I am not starting a distro flame war and don't even want to hear about such a thing. The customer always comes first. Jim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/attachments/20100112/0fa0e6d4/attachment.htm>
