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Then use Linux.

And use more WINE and less whine.

I think you can get it to run with crossover office, i've heard of a few people getting it working with that. Its basicly wine except prettier so I would assume it would work with wine, with some tweeking. Heres an artical http://frankscorner.org/index.php?p=itunes6 I might try it when I get done work.

use WINE you wally... Google is your friend here... a simple search (such as keywords wsftp+linux or irfanview+linux) reveals irfanview AND wsftp both work on Linux using wine... so does winrar and several other popular little utility progs. Heck, to get flash 9 running on my daughter's box so she can access those videos and other annoyances on places like myspace, we use the windows version of Firefox with the windows version of flash9 installed in it...

use WINE you wally... Google is your friend here... a simple search (such as keywords wsftp+linux or irfanview+linux) reveals irfanview AND wsftp both work on Linux using wine... so does winrar and several other popular little utility progs. Heck, to get flash 9 running on my daughter's box so she can access those videos and other annoyances on places like myspace, we use the windows version of Firefox with the windows version of flash9 installed in it...

I happen to have installed iTunes 6.0 in Linux using Wine 0.9.7 (compiled from source) over the weekend (6.0.2 failed). This is in Fedora Core 4; iTunes didn't play well with the official Fedora wine rpm. The install took a few hours on a relatively fast machine (P-M 2.0), but iTunes does run. It was able to detect the music being shared via Rendezvous from a box running iTunes 4.8 in another room, and it played all the MP3 shared music fine (I didn't try AAC ones). I could browse the iTunes store, but I couldn't listen to previews (probably DRM issue). I used the instructions found here: http://frankscorner.org/index.php?p=itunes6

According to Frank's Corner you can run both MS Office and Internet Explorer on the Linux desktop. And...he shows you how.

Implementing it corporate wide would be the real trick...

According to Frank's Corner you can run both MS Office and Internet Explorer on the Linux desktop. And...he shows you how.

Implementing it corporate wide would be the real trick...

According to Frank's Corner you can run both MS Office and Internet Explorer on the Linux desktop. And...he shows you how.

Implementing it corporate wide would be the real trick...

Please take note that while Microsoft Acrylic is available for download as 180-day beta testing, the previous version of Acrylic - the Expression 3.3 Preview is actually free without any time limit AND is also available for Mac OS X.

It also runs well with WINE under Linux.

The info page for Expression at Wikipedia gives more detail on resources and tutorials for the powerful yet under-appreciated illustration package.

If you check the Yahoo! Expression3 mailing list (Yahoo! registration required), it seems that you can get around the installer by unpacking the file and install Acrylic on pre-SP2 machines including Windows 2000. Running the installer, however, would detect your system and prevent it from installing on pre-SP2 machines on purpose; so it may just be another lure for you to install SP2 =( .

Also, Expression 3.3 (click the Previous Versions on the Acrylic project page) can run under Linux with WINE:

http://frankscorner.org/index.php?p=expression3

I don't know if this has been posted before, but: It works with wine I have the stock Gentoo version, from stable portage The only addition that I have to make is this: http://frankscorner.org/index.php?p=msi Then it works, but seems to crash when some buttons are pushed...

As for your original question, I would recommend using any light weight window manager. openbox, blackbox, etc. You could move from gnome or kde to one of these when you are going to play a game. Also, I recomend you to buy an nvidia card. The ati drivers suck badly. I play 3 games on my machine (when running linux) Doom 3, UT 2004, and Enemy territory.

I forgot to tell you, that you might want to check this links:
Wine Application DB"
Frank's Corner
To see how to install several windows games in linux.

check out Frank's corner for step-by-step instructions that tend to include links to other applications you need to install to get it going. The user forum on that site is pretty good too. I've found it to be a better resource for getting common applications running than winehq.com.

How about:

Frank's Corner
This website contains all the information you need to get Windows applications and games running on Linux using Wine. Popular applications: AutoCAD R14, Photoshop 7.0, ...

CrossOver Office
Allows you to run many popular office productivity software applications, such as Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Project and Visio, graphics applications like Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, ... Quicken, and Adobe Photoshop, and ... allows Windows Web browser plugins, such as QuickTime and Shockwave, directly on your Linux browser. No Windows Operating System license required; CrossOver is a complete replacement for your Windows OS as far as your applications are concerned. They note that Solidworks 2004 remains untested and they're looking for an advocate.

NeTraverse Win4Lin Run your favorite Windows applications on the Linux operating system in the fastest Windows 95/98/ME environment available for Linux.

I've only had experience with Crossover Office, starting about 3 years ago, when I absolutely had to get MS Office 97 working on a Linux box for a Master's thesis (OO.org 1.x and StarOffice 6.x both messed up on the document's footnotes and/or endnotes back then). I bought Crossover Office at LinuxWorld SF, and it worked fine, though I didn't try it with any other applications.

Crossover Office isn't really software -- it's a support package for Wine. Now, there's nothing wrong with CodeWeavers offering this package for people unable to face Wine unassisted. But if you have the expertise and patience, you should really try to make Photoshop work under Wine without shelling out your money. It is possible.

If you are slightly adventurous, and don't need ImageReady you can also try running Photoshop in regular Wine.

"get Photoshop going on Linux and you've got something."

take a littel look here... :)

I am currently running Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator 10, (Not Outlook but it can be installed), Dreamweaver MX, and Microsoft IE on my Crossover Office install, and it enables me to finally do my job on a linux box. I don't really care about the hardware drivers, because I buy hardware that works with linux.

Games...Well. That's something else entirely. I've got Neverwinter Nights and Unreal Tourney at the moment, and I used to have Warcraft III on my WINE install before I got bored by it, but really, I think it's better if I don't play many games. It's such a timesink!

So, just because you choose an alternative option doesn't mean you can't have those applications. By the way, if you're squeamish about paying for Crossover Office, you can get all these applications running under WINE, via these great tutorials on frankscorner.org.

No need for Adobe to release a Linux version. Head on over to Frank's Corner and take a look at PS7 running via WINE.

Anyway, what I'm saying is, what's your secret?

I've got a few. Firstly, my advice is to always compile wine yourself. There's a lot of options, and packagers often choose the lowest common demoninator rather than the options which would yield the best performance for your particular computer. The wine source code comes with a nice script which almost compleatly automates the process. Secondly, to have both wine and winex installed and to try both to see which gives the best results. There's a scipt called getcvswinex which will download the latest winex cvs source, compile it, and keep it from messing with your normal wine build. Transgaming's game search is also good for getting an idea of what games should and should not run with winex. There's also a site called Frank's Corner which I've found to be a really helpful resource in finding what people have been able to get running, and how.

The list of Star Wars games that do work (if you don't mind a little tweaking) or have a chance to work are;

Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Star Wars Insiders Guide

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns

The Phantom Menace

Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith

Galactic Battlegrounds

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2

Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast

Rebellion

The devil is in the details, so take a look before leaping.

Wine (main branch, not Transgaming's) has made some substantial updates over the past few months to support DirectX function calls.

The list of Star Wars games that do work (if you don't mind a little tweaking) or have a chance to work are;

Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Star Wars Insiders Guide

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns

The Phantom Menace

Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith

Galactic Battlegrounds

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2

Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast

Rebellion

The devil is in the details, so take a look before leaping.

Wine (main branch, not Transgaming's) has made some substantial updates over the past few months to support DirectX function calls.

Have you tried Internet Explorer on Wine? This site has a large list of instructions on how to get different "windows only" applications running with Wine (including IE).

I just had blazing success with Paltalk. The harder it is for you to use Linux in your niche, the more significant an accompolishment it will be when you are finally able to go 100% Windows free.

Best of luck!

never seem to discover Wine?

All kidding aside, I have been absolutely suprised by Wine recently. I sent my sister a computer (Linux, of course) and she said, "Great, but we absolutely have to have Paltalk." Suprise, suprise, Paltalk has Windows and Mac (or should I say, BSD?) versions, but no Linux version. Okay, so I go to this site and am pleasantly amazed to find the different apps that now run under Wine (according to this one site). And, this is the FREE version of Wine I am talking about (though, if you are new to Linux, you might want to just buy something like Crossoffice). So my sister gets a stable, virus free computer that does EVERYTHING she wants it to do, and I can support her remotely through SSH (she lives a thousand mile away from me).

Honestly, between the apps that are getting ported and the steady progress of Wine, I think it is time for you to find a new excuse why you are not using Linux. If you run out of reasonable/coherent excuses, you can always check these guys out.

http://frankscorner.org/kazaa_lite_2_0.html
http://frankscorner.org/kazaa_2_1.html

http://frankscorner.org/kazaa_lite_2_0.html
http://frankscorner.org/kazaa_2_1.html

Make no mistake, while Wine is getting damn good it is not perfect or even practical for all Windows software. Some software will probably never run under it, most will not run without some tweaking, so don't expect it to. OTOH, if you tried Wine even as late as a few months ago you might be surprised how things have changed. It all depends on what you 'need' to run.

Many of the main Wine sites have reviews of software and what works -- or how to get it to work. Keep in mind that if a comment is old, even a few weeks, it may not apply to the latest version of Wine. Usually this is a good thing, though some regressions do happen, so you might need a specific 'vintage' for a specific application.

That said, here's a good list;

1. Frank's Corner -- always deserves a mention

   The official Wine Application Database sponsored by Codeweavers

   Transgaming's WineX game list and search engine

   Wine Headquarters -- also sponsored by Codeweavers -- is the main Wine site and has the detailed and oft quoted FAQ-o-Matic

For more information, check the links on any of these sites.

http://frankscorner.org/wine/modules.php?op=modloa d&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=6 8&page=1
title says it all;
"If you don't want to spend 5 bucks on WineX, you can always try compile it yourself, but the CVS version of WineX is a little different from the commercial version:
* no support for Installshield installers
* no copy protection code

To install WineX from CVS you must have CVS installed on your computer."

http://www.frankscorner.org/wine/ is an incredible resource. Check it for info on how to run all of those hard-to-make-work programs. He even shows how to get WineX working for free :-)