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Windows Compatability on the Linux Desktop

Posted by michael on from the avoiding-temptation dept.

davecb writes "O'Reilly has been kind enough to publish one of my how-to articles, Windows Compatability for the Linux Desktop, about dealing with that 'one last annoying program than only runs on Windows'. The answer? Run it under Linux and win4lin, and never venture onto the Windows desktop at all. Especially don't run programs via dual-boot, which tempts you to stay and use all those other wonderful programs like Outlook...

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  1. Really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is for the sort of guy who likes being screwed by Bill Gates every day. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

  2. Did anyone else read that as.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ... lets all ditch on Windows again :)

  3. Kompatability by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Get a clue, Michael... What the hell is "compatability"??? At least learn to copy/paste from the original article.

  4. Re:Chasing the Windows Rainbow... by Jacek+Poplawski · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'll give you Outlook and Comet Cursor - who wouldn't! - but mIRC and AIM are pretty decent applications.

    Of course not.

    People don't like Outlook, because they can use Mutt, Pine or other console apps. They are happy with it.

    People like mirc, because they can use console apps in Linux (like epic, bitchx), which are little worse (in features) than graphic irc client.

    Of course they strongly hate XChat, just like they hate X, because "X Windows is for lamers!".

    So they are using Windows. And Mirc. And MSIE.

    And this is true reason why "Outlook is bad" and "MSIE is good".

  5. Re:Microsoft Office Spell Check by Grey+Haired+Luser · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, and it might even tell you
    that it's spelled compatibility.