From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G19nJ-0004bk-D6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:36:29 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6DMPmMu019693; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:25:48 GMT Received: from ilievnet.com ([84.21.204.200]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6DLoqNY030045 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:50:52 GMT Received: (qmail 12546 invoked from network); 14 Jul 2006 00:50:52 +0300 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.1.11?) (10.0.1.11) by 0 with SMTP; 14 Jul 2006 00:50:52 +0300 Message-ID: <44B6C03B.6040408@ilievnet.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:50:51 +0300 From: Daniel Iliev User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060704) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] : [OT: JOKE]virtual Windows solution... References: <44B6685D.4080007@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <44B6685D.4080007@gmx.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 186a74c5-abae-42df-8d1b-50b51e02918c X-Archives-Hash: 066f1cd544e5298dbd0019399c9575ac 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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list