Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:37:23 -0700 From: Dmitri Brengauz <dmitri@momus.net> To: Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wine questions Message-ID: <AANLkTimrg0ffQj6mhSzP3WJeEd=a=5F0GLk3X1DnCPRq@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D41BDF6.5080904@blakemfg.com> References: <4D41BDF6.5080904@blakemfg.com>
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On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I need to buy an expensive logic device programmer that connects to a PC > through USB. Unfortunately, the user software that make it go only runs on > Bill Gates' cancerous, virus-infested, scourge of the Earth excuse for an OS > which I do not use. Is it likely to work ok using wine? What type of > programs do not work well with wine? There is a supported, commercial > version of wine that runs on Linux. Would I be better off buying that and > running it on the FBSD Linux emulation? > > Best regards, > Fred > > _______________________________________________ > <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Have you tried VirtualBox? You still have to shell out for a Windows license, but at least the Gates virus will be contained securely on your computer. For me, Virtual Box + FreeBSD has been running better than VMWare + OS X. Once again, free software, more than worth the price.
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