I am just starting to migrate towards Linux (RedHat 7.1 Burned and one trial install on another machine went well). However I do alot of work for other companies on Office (EspeciallyExcel) (generally 2K) and would like to be able to do so without rebooting. AFAICT I have a few options. One is to have a dedicated windows box and use a program such as VNC or Exceed to view it (I don't like this Idea as it gets expensive) Another is to use WINE (Hence I post here). Having been through a fair number of posts (both current and archived on google) I can not work out whether this is going to be easy. The final one is to use something like VMWare. Again I have no Idea how easy this would be. Hardware wise I run 120+ GB HDD and 384 MB Ram with a TBird @ 1.15GHz atm. This should be able to handle any of the above options. Software wise I have a very small brain. I need teh easiest solution possible (Linux newbies look like novices here :) Can anyone recommend any of the above (except option 1) and or relate experiences trying to get Office to work. TIA John -- --------------------------------------------- John Robson www.dawnlink.ltd.uk/seti Includes a SETI Team (Friendly we promise) ----------------------------------------------
On Sun, 26 Aug 2001 22:08:02 +0100, "John Robson" <john.robson.remove.@remove.ic.ac.uk> wrote: <snip Office2k>>Another is to use WINE (Hence I post here). Having been through a fair >number of posts (both current and archived on google) I can not work out >whether this is going to be easy.I can't figure how you are reading posts since all posts I have seen on this subject are negative I think. I don't see Office2k installing before some more development happening (when it's not possible to say). About other possibilities, post to the appropriate news group please since this one is about Wine. (I think that Vmware guys have their own newsgroups - from what I heard it should fit your needs) Gerard
Try Win4Lin. Works for me... http://www.netraverse.com Markus -----Original Message----- From: wine-users-admin@winehq.com [mailto:wine-users-admin@winehq.com] Sent: 26. elokuuta 2001 18:08 To: wine-users@winehq.com Subject: Office (2K) options on Linux I am just starting to migrate towards Linux (RedHat 7.1 Burned and one trial install on another machine went well). However I do alot of work for other companies on Office (EspeciallyExcel) (generally 2K) and would like to be able to do so without rebooting. AFAICT I have a few options. One is to have a dedicated windows box and use a program such as VNC or Exceed to view it (I don't like this Idea as it gets expensive) Another is to use WINE (Hence I post here). Having been through a fair number of posts (both current and archived on google) I can not work out whether this is going to be easy. The final one is to use something like VMWare. Again I have no Idea how easy this would be. Hardware wise I run 120+ GB HDD and 384 MB Ram with a TBird @ 1.15GHz atm. This should be able to handle any of the above options. Software wise I have a very small brain. I need teh easiest solution possible (Linux newbies look like novices here :) Can anyone recommend any of the above (except option 1) and or relate experiences trying to get Office to work. TIA John -- --------------------------------------------- John Robson www.dawnlink.ltd.uk/seti Includes a SETI Team (Friendly we promise) ---------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
John Robson <john.robson.remove.@remove.ic.ac.uk> wrote:
: I am just starting to migrate towards Linux (RedHat 7.1 Burned and one
: trial install on another machine went well).
: However I do alot of work for other companies on Office
: (EspeciallyExcel) (generally 2K) and would like to be able to do so
: without rebooting. AFAICT I have a few options.
: One is to have a dedicated windows box and use a program such as VNC or
: Exceed to view it (I don't like this Idea as it gets expensive)
: Another is to use WINE (Hence I post here). Having been through a fair
: number of posts (both current and archived on google) I can not work out
: whether this is going to be easy.
: The final one is to use something like VMWare. Again I have no Idea how
: easy this would be.
To get MS Office functionality under Linux, there are four options:
1) Use Office work-alikes, e.g., StarOffice. [Not currently acceptable
for collaborative document development.]
2) Use a Windows emulator, namely WINE. [Not ready to run Office in
a production mode, and won't be any time soon.]
3) Use a PC emulator, e.g., VMware or Win4Lin. [Acceptable for most
purposes.]
4) Run Office on a remote Windows or Mac system, e.g., via VNC, Citrix,
Win2K TSE, etc. [???]
It would be helpful if there were a FAQ and/or newsgroup that covered this
general topic, since a lot of people face the same problem.
Tom Payne