Charles Davis wrote:
On 7/4/10 7:58 AM, Karl Muller wrote:
Hi
I'm a new mac user, and I'm a little lost.
I'm an existing Mac user, and I know my way around. Welcome!
I've downloaded WINE and successfully used it to install a program called MATLAB R2007b 7.5 (it's a program for science/engineering stuff).
Why, when there's a Mac-native version? (Or, did you happen to own the
Windows version and not have a license to use the Mac version?) Just so
you know, when there's a native version of a program, most people here
will tell you to run the native version instead of running the Windows
version in Wine.
+1 for running the native version. MatLab does not and will not support
Wine. Thus, if it breaks, you get to keep the pieces and you have no
support from them.
That file is generated by Wine for the benefit of Desktop Environments
like GNOME and KDE on systems like Linux, because they don't understand
Windows' shortcuts. Mac OS doesn't understand .desktop files, so it's
best to ignore them.
I delete them. They clutter up my desktop.
James McKenzie
