It's been a long time since I tried anything under Wine, but I run
VMWare all the time.  The only instability I see running Windows under
VMWare is the same instability I would expect to see running Windows
directly on the hardware.  Linux under VMWare runs like a champ.

Eric

On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 01:36:22PM -0600, Fjorn wrote:
> Out of curiosity, did this past week's meeting cover VM-Ware, or will I
> be lucky enough to get a chance to make it to another meeting in which
> it will be covered?
> 
> In using Windows apps that have not yet been ported over to Linux, would
> I be better off running Wine or VM-Ware, or a combination of the two? 
> I'm not very familiar with either one, but in looking at Wine's
> database, some of the programs that I have aren't supported under it.  I
> do have the Wine admin handbook, but have yet to read it.
> 
> I like the idea of running VM-Ware because, if I understand this
> correctly, it's a Windows install on top of Linux.  Yet, on the other
> hand, I've also heard of a lot of instability with VM-Ware.
> 
> Could anyone share some insight on some of the differences between the
> two, and make a recommendation of what might best be suited to my
> needs?  Some of the apps that I'm running use a lot of Active-X. Or is
> it Direct-X?  So hard to remember which of the two it is...  To many X's
> and E's in today's terminology.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Shawn
> 
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