Quote Originally Posted by kaptain_zero View Post
PClinuxOS on the main machine downstairs and, if I just can't get a win app to behave under Wine, I'll fire up VirtualBox with a copy of XP inside... So far I seem to have to do that about once a year at tax time, just because none of the tax apps I've tried are willing to run under Wine yet.

Upstairs for the missus and meself I'm still using Mandriva Free 2007, I keep laughing every time my wife comes running because she got some email warning about viruses etc.... I just keep telling her to not worry and carry on as usual.

By the way, I'm really impressed with Virtualbox over VMware... it's just so easy to set up and get going... VMware is downright ugly in comparison but I guess once you figure it out it's probably just fine. I also find XP boots faster in VB that it does native for some reason and it's so stable I don't bother with dual boot anymore... I just make a shared drive so I can transfer stuff back and forth between linux and the VB OS.

Regards

Christian
Thanks Christian,

For some reason Virtualbox had escaped my attention. Tried it out this afternoon on my Fedora 9 box and it is truly excellent - I love the seamless mode

Seriously, anyone who has Windows software issues in Wine should give this a try. Here's a very user-friendly tutorial I found that makes setting it up a breeze. Once your windows virtual machine is added, installing windows software is as easy as mounting the CD/DVD drive, starting the virtual machine, and letting the installer do its job. I've had Office 2007 running on Fedora as if it was made for linux! Way too cool.

James.