Also sent to Codeweavers - [what is this list's insights?] I have a 32 GB, dual quad-core desktop machine and was considering 32-bit Windows XP w/SP2, but discovered it only supports up to 4 GB RAM, so that idea is shot. Next in line is 64-bit CentOS 5. The major need for Windows would be very active use of Adobe Acrobat 8, Photoshop CS3, and Illustrator CS3. There may also be the need to copy/transfer information among Matlab, Mathematica, and Microsoft-based applications, from Office 2003 to the above-mentioned ones. Do you support these, and how complete is your product line for 64-bit CentOS 5? Based on your answer, I'll know whether to go with a virtual machine-based solution, which means a Windows VM, or can remain Linux-only, with your solution. Thank you very much. Scott
Scott Ehrlich wrote:> Also sent to Codeweavers - [what is this list's insights?] > > I have a 32 GB, dual quad-core desktop machine and was considering > 32-bit Windows XP w/SP2, but discovered it only supports up to 4 GB RAM, > so that idea is shot. > > Next in line is 64-bit CentOS 5. The major need for Windows would be > very active use of Adobe Acrobat 8, Photoshop CS3, and Illustrator CS3. > > There may also be the need to copy/transfer information among Matlab, > Mathematica, and Microsoft-based applications, from Office 2003 to the > above-mentioned ones. > > Do you support these, and how complete is your product line for 64-bit > CentOS 5? > > Based on your answer, I'll know whether to go with a virtual > machine-based solution, which means a Windows VM, or can remain > Linux-only, with your solution. > > Thank you very much. > > ScottI think you should go for windows XP, as support for these apps is much better than in centos IMO and 4 gigs should be fine for a desktop
Scott Ehrlich wrote:> Next in line is 64-bit CentOS 5. The major need for Windows would be > very active use of Adobe Acrobat 8, Photoshop CS3, and Illustrator CS3. > > There may also be the need to copy/transfer information among Matlab, > Mathematica, and Microsoft-based applications, from Office 2003 to the > above-mentioned ones.What does Adobe have to say about running these apps on CentOS-5/x86_64 ? heck, do these things even run on Linux at all ? I suppose you can locate alternatives.... OR, do you really intend to even run these apps on that box of yours ? or are you only looking for virt abstract layer ?> Do you support these, and how complete is your product line for 64-bit > CentOS 5?pretty complete I would say.... -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq
Scott Ehrlich wrote:> Also sent to Codeweavers - [what is this list's insights?] > > I have a 32 GB, dual quad-core desktop machine and was considering > 32-bit Windows XP w/SP2, but discovered it only supports up to 4 GB > RAM, so that idea is shot. > > Next in line is 64-bit CentOS 5. The major need for Windows would be > very active use of Adobe Acrobat 8, Photoshop CS3, and Illustrator CS3. > > There may also be the need to copy/transfer information among Matlab, > Mathematica, and Microsoft-based applications, from Office 2003 to the > above-mentioned ones. > > Do you support these, and how complete is your product line for 64-bit > CentOS 5? > > Based on your answer, I'll know whether to go with a virtual > machine-based solution, which means a Windows VM, or can remain > Linux-only, with your solution.AFAIK, no Adobe applications run under any form of Linux, except via VM emulation. If you're running Adobe apps on Windows in a VM under Linux, and matlab/mathematica on Linux natively, copying data between these will be awkward at best.
You could try crossover office, it's reported to work with several windows apps from adobe. Photoshop I believe works. -Ross -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org <centos-bounces at centos.org> To: centos at centos.org <centos at centos.org> Sent: Fri Nov 23 17:03:10 2007 Subject: [CentOS] Adobe products under Linux? Also sent to Codeweavers - [what is this list's insights?] I have a 32 GB, dual quad-core desktop machine and was considering 32-bit Windows XP w/SP2, but discovered it only supports up to 4 GB RAM, so that idea is shot. Next in line is 64-bit CentOS 5. The major need for Windows would be very active use of Adobe Acrobat 8, Photoshop CS3, and Illustrator CS3. There may also be the need to copy/transfer information among Matlab, Mathematica, and Microsoft-based applications, from Office 2003 to the above-mentioned ones. Do you support these, and how complete is your product line for 64-bit CentOS 5? Based on your answer, I'll know whether to go with a virtual machine-based solution, which means a Windows VM, or can remain Linux-only, with your solution. Thank you very much. Scott _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071127/81b37b02/attachment-0005.html>
Scott Ehrlich wrote:> > Also sent to Codeweavers - [what is this list's insights?] > > I have a 32 GB, dual quad-core desktop machine and was > considering 32-bit Windows XP w/SP2, but discovered it only > supports up to 4 GB RAM, so that idea is shot. > > Next in line is 64-bit CentOS 5. The major need for Windows > would be very > active use of Adobe Acrobat 8, Photoshop CS3, and Illustrator CS3. > > There may also be the need to copy/transfer information among > Matlab, Mathematica, and Microsoft-based applications, from > Office 2003 to the above-mentioned ones. > > Do you support these, and how complete is your product line > for 64-bit CentOS 5? > > Based on your answer, I'll know whether to go with a virtual > machine-based solution, which means a Windows VM, or can > remain Linux-only, with your solution.You will need a VM based solution. I don't know how good Xen will be in 5.1, but it's an option. I myself have been toying with the idea of a minimal CentOS 5.1 Xen install, no GUI just a small Dom0, and then running an Ubuntu DomU with GUI on 1 virtual console and Windows XP on another, possible a Fedora on a 3rd and keeping the VM images in raw LVM LVs that are allocated and managed from the Dom0. This may be the ideal way to go with such beefy hardware to make sure you use up all those nice resources effectively. -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.
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