Hi,

I did manage to get MS-Office 2000 to run in Linux using wine (windows
emulation), but it's pretty unstable. I got an avalanche of error
messages. The few stable window apps that can run in Linux are notepad
and solitaire.

As for dual booting, use LILO. And leave enough space for your Linux
partition, the standard installation is too bloated, but you may wish to
install some of the really good apps (eg. staroffice, kylix, jbuilder
etc)

Check out this site:
http://www.linuxdoc.org

Jan Gerrit Kootstra <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> "Shahan, Ray" wrote:

>> Hi all,
>>
>> I went to the bookstore this weekend to see about some 'IX' info.  I read a
>> preface from one book that said I might not be able to load LINUX on my PC
>> due to hardware (Sound/Video cards in specific).  The book also pointed out
>> that I'll need around 850MB on a partitioned drive available...ouch!
>> Lastly, it said I would, at boot time, have to decide what OS to use, and
>> that I might have some trouble running apps on LINUX that were designed for
>> WINDOWS....
>>
>> My question is this:  Does anyone have any suggestions on where to start
>> with all of this for us folks that are MPE, and not well versed at PC's?
>>
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> Ray,


> This is not meaned as  an insult, but "Linux for dummies" perhaps.

> About Linux and Windows apps, this is the same problem as trying to install
> MS-Office XP on a HPe3000 with MPE/iX. It will probably not run.


> Regards,


> Jan Gerrit Kootstra


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Cheers,
Jon K.

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