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From: Daniel Iliev <danny@ilievnet.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] <OT>: [OT: JOKE]virtual Windows solution...
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:50:51 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44B6C03B.6040408@ilievnet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44B6685D.4080007@gmx.net>

Jarry wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I still can not get rid completely of MS-Windows, because I am
> forced to use some MS-Windows programs. So I am looking for some
> "virtual" solution, which I could use with my gentoo-workstation.
> 
> Now my question is, what is generaly a better solution
> (stability, compatibility, hardware requirements point of view):
> 
> - to use "Windows emulator" aka Wine (I know, it is NOT emulator)
> - or to use "PC emulator" + Windows installed (like VMware) ???
> 
> Up to now I did not test any of them, so could someone please
> be so kind and summarise his/her experience, ev. compare those
> solutions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jarry
> 
> (BTW, just yesterday VMware released a free vmware-server...)

As shown in the topic this reply is a joke, of course but, for the sake
of theory, one could take the opposite way: install Windows to run a
real operating system under it.

And there is a FREE solution from Micro$oft:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

"Free" and "MS" in one sentence! Yeah, it's my day! :)


Hope this joke won't make anyone "turn to the dark side"

-- 
Best regards,
Daniel

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gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list



  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-07-13 22:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-13 15:35 [gentoo-user] <OT>: virtual Windows solution Jarry
2006-07-13 16:31 ` Richard Fish
2006-07-13 17:05   ` Daniel Iliev
2006-07-13 18:16     ` Peter Ruskin
2006-07-13 18:34       ` Donnie Berkholz
2006-07-14  1:52       ` Anthony E. Caudel
2006-07-13 18:38     ` Alexander Skwar
2006-07-13 19:30       ` Jarry
2006-07-13 20:43         ` Alexander Skwar
2006-07-13 17:36 ` Rumen Yotov
2006-07-13 21:50 ` Daniel Iliev [this message]
     [not found]   ` <1f05046e0607131538h4fb83e6fx76e768c5bcc95fdd@mail.gmail.com>
2006-07-13 23:40     ` [gentoo-user] <OT>: [OT: JOKE]virtual " Daniel Iliev
2006-07-14  9:24       ` Nico Schümann
2006-07-14 10:50         ` jarry
2006-07-14 13:25         ` [gentoo-user] <OT>: [OT: ICQ] Todor Pirov
2006-07-27 12:35   ` [gentoo-user] <OT>: [OT: JOKE]virtual Windows solution Enrico Weigelt

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