From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 12 02:03:51 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0357C16A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:03:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pop-a065d14.pas.sa.earthlink.net (pop-a065d14.pas.sa.earthlink.net [207.217.121.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA64543D2F for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:03:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tyson@stanfordalumni.org) Received: from pool-141-156-192-87.res.east.verizon.net ([141.156.192.87] helo=phoenix.home) by pop-a065d14.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1D9vyo-0000Tk-00; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:03:50 -0800 From: Don Tyson To: Gary Kline In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:59:16 PST." <20050312005916.GA48346@thought.org> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:03:48 -0500 Message-Id: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no flames, please. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:03:51 -0000 > On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 05:49:24PM -0500, Don Tyson wrote: > > I am running XandrOS Linux on an old Digital PC box. It is almost > > scarily Windows-like, but installs in a snap and, if you buy the > > full edition, comes with Crossover Office for all the Windows > > applications you can't wait to run. On another test box (a Dell), MS Office > > ran just fine under XandrOS Linux and Crossover Office. > > > > It updates just like Windows Update (which is good or bad, depending > > on your point of view). > > > > Or maybe you mean: All the Windows apps you can't wait to > have crash and burn!! Can you run this flavor of Linux > and dual-boot FBSD? About the *only* thing I want to use > Win for is the billions and billions of CD apps. Like > French, and "make your own greeting cards" and maybe a > few classic card/board games. > > gary > > PS: When did DEC ever have a PeeCee? I remember their > 11/* machines fondly; the next thing I knew they got > bought out by a PC firm. It's a Digital 5000 with a PII. As for Windows apps, I understand that the simpler they are the better they run; I've tried Quicken and Windows Media Player with no problems; MS Office won't load on this box, although it ran on the Dell. I understand Crossover Office is simply a tweaked version of Wine. XandrOS has a list of Windows stuff they've tested. Their X desktop is a slimmed-down version of KDE. I haven't dual-booted this particular Linux, but I don't know why you couldn't. You don't need a Windows OS to use Crossover Office; it will create its own fake C: drive when installed. It comes with Lilo and maybe Grub, I think, but you can always use the FreeBSD boot manager as well. For what it's worth, Digital 5000s are available, or were last year, on eBay for around $30; without hard drives. Shipping was about double that. Don