From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 5 19:04:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F08C37B404 for ; Mon, 5 May 2003 19:04:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (f88.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.163.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B85E743F3F for ; Mon, 5 May 2003 19:04:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crollins666@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 5 May 2003 19:04:53 -0700 Received: from 216.19.22.118 by sea1fd.sea1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 06 May 2003 02:04:53 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.19.22.118] X-Originating-Email: [crollins666@hotmail.com] From: "clayton rollins" To: PTFD9100@beanstalk.net Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 02:04:53 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 May 2003 02:04:53.0532 (UTC) FILETIME=[E24C3DC0:01C31373] cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another reason to like FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 02:04:54 -0000 >On Mon, 5 May 2003 23:51:49 Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: > >Hello Michael, > >Monday, May 5, 2003, 11:14:25 PM, "Michael W. Holdeman" > > wrote: > > > Hi Clayton, > > Thanks, I was unable to get Wine ot run my apps, I realize they are > > making progress and I should retry soon. > > Win4lin is at www.netraverse.com > >You could look into vmware, that allows you to run Windows inside of >FreeBSD. > > > >Best regards, > Gabriel Sorry to hear the bad news Michael; luckily, according to Gabriel's post, hope is not lost entirely. (you can get the cvs of wine too, look here http://www.winehq.com/?page=cvs ) Failing all that, may I ask why you need the legacy app.s? Do you just have a ton of data in a certain format? Or just no suitable alternative available from ports? I only ask because, one of the first things I set out to do on my box was install wine and get my windows app.s working; I never really got around to it, because I consistently found similar or better software available through ports. In fact, I installed wine earlier today and really couldn't think of any app.s I wanted to run. (the flash thing kind of sucks..., otherwise my freebsd boxes are way more capable than any win. machine I had.) If the problem is data in some legacy format, you might check the conversion utilities in ports. Well, I hope you get it worked out. Or, that some crucial enhancement is coming to one of these projects sometime soon. Peace, Clayton PS. On a side note, I wonder if win4lin can be run via the compatibility libraries... Sounds contrived, but it may work... _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail