Re: Running Windows Apps on Linux

2001-06-15 Thread John
On Thursday 14 June 2001 22:30, Ian Perry wrote: > Is it possible to run Microsoft Windows Apps (such as Excel etc) in > XWindows or is there a utility which allows this ? > > Ian VMware, win4lin, and wine. (wine is the only free one) but before you decide to use windows programs, why not see if

Re: Running Windows Apps on Linux

2001-06-15 Thread Paul Huygen
"Ian Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to run Microsoft Windows Apps (such as Excel etc) in XWindows > or is there a utility which allows this ? 1) Wine (http://packages.debian.org/stable/otherosfs/wine.html) is an open-source project, to implement the Windows API's in Linux.

Re: Running Windows Apps on Linux

2001-06-15 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hi... VMware might help you out.. Maybe someone could back me on this.. Mike - Original Message - From: "Ian Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Debian Users'" Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 8:30 PM Subject: Running Windows Apps on Linux >

Re: Running Windows Apps on Linux

2001-06-14 Thread ktb
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 01:30:10PM +1000, Ian Perry wrote: > Is it possible to run Microsoft Windows Apps (such as Excel etc) in XWindows > or is there a utility which allows this ? Take a look at the "wine" package. Also a couple virtual environments "win4lin" and "vmware." hth, kent -- From

Running Windows Apps on Linux

2001-06-14 Thread Ian Perry
Is it possible to run Microsoft Windows Apps (such as Excel etc) in XWindows or is there a utility which allows this ? Ian