doctlo-icfp@yahoo.com wrote:

> Unfortunately due to circumstances I spend a lot of time in Windows
> and a lot of time in Linux, mainly one ( dual-boot) computer, I have
> others but they are dedicated.
>
> The thing is that it would be most convenient for me if I had software
> that would not only run on both platforms but
> could use the same files ( for example a db kept on a FAT32
> partition ). At this time in particular, I am looking for a PIM and a
> password manager.
>
> Does anyone know of a site that is dedicated to such software?
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Thad

Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/

In article , Virtual_Ron wrote:
>doctlo-icfp@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately due to circumstances I spend a lot of time in Windows
>> and a lot of time in Linux, mainly one ( dual-boot) computer, I have
>> others but they are dedicated.
>>
>> The thing is that it would be most convenient for me if I had software
>> that would not only run on both platforms but
>> could use the same files ( for example a db kept on a FAT32
>> partition ). At this time in particular, I am looking for a PIM and a
>> password manager.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a site that is dedicated to such software?
>> --
>> Thad
>
>Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/

Is it running them as fast as in native windows?

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In article , Virtual_Ron wrote:
>doctlo-icfp@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately due to circumstances I spend a lot of time in Windows
>> and a lot of time in Linux, mainly one ( dual-boot) computer, I have
>> others but they are dedicated.
>>
>> The thing is that it would be most convenient for me if I had software
>> that would not only run on both platforms but
>> could use the same files ( for example a db kept on a FAT32
>> partition ). At this time in particular, I am looking for a PIM and a
>> password manager.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a site that is dedicated to such software?
>> --
>> Thad
>
>Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/

Is it running them as fast as in native windows?

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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:38:46 -0600, doctlo-icfp wrote:

> Unfortunately due to circumstances I spend a lot of time in Windows and
> a lot of time in Linux, mainly one ( dual-boot) computer, I have others
> but they are dedicated.
>
> The thing is that it would be most convenient for me if I had software
> that would not only run on both platforms but could use the same files (
> for example a db kept on a FAT32 partition ). At this time in
> particular, I am looking for a PIM and a password manager.
>
> Does anyone know of a site that is dedicated to such software?

Keepass is a cross platform password manager.Both the Windows and the
Linux version will use the same .db file.Not sure if it's in the repos
but there's plenty on the homepage to guide you
http://keepass.info/index.html

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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:33:34 +0000, Almond wrote:

> In article , Virtual_Ron
> wrote:
>>doctlo-icfp@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunately due to circumstances I spend a lot of time in Windows
>>> and a lot of time in Linux, mainly one ( dual-boot) computer, I have
>>> others but they are dedicated.
>>>
>>> The thing is that it would be most convenient for me if I had software
>>> that would not only run on both platforms but could use the same files
>>> ( for example a db kept on a FAT32 partition ). At this time in
>>> particular, I am looking for a PIM and a password manager.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of a site that is dedicated to such software? --
>>> Thad
>>
>>Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>>executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/
>
> Is it running them as fast as in native windows?

Usually. Sometimes, the Windows apps run faster under Wine than they do
under Windows itself.

Stef

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:33:34 +0000, Almond wrote:

> In article , Virtual_Ron
> wrote:
>>doctlo-icfp@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunately due to circumstances I spend a lot of time in Windows
>>> and a lot of time in Linux, mainly one ( dual-boot) computer, I have
>>> others but they are dedicated.
>>>
>>> The thing is that it would be most convenient for me if I had software
>>> that would not only run on both platforms but could use the same files
>>> ( for example a db kept on a FAT32 partition ). At this time in
>>> particular, I am looking for a PIM and a password manager.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of a site that is dedicated to such software? --
>>> Thad
>>
>>Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>>executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/
>
> Is it running them as fast as in native windows?

Usually. Sometimes, the Windows apps run faster under Wine than they do
under Windows itself.

Stef

In article , Stefan Patric
wrote:
>On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:33:34 +0000, Almond wrote:
>
>> In article , Virtual_Ron
>> wrote:
>>>doctlo-icfp@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Unfortunately due to circumstances I spend a lot of time in Windows
>>>> and a lot of time in Linux, mainly one ( dual-boot) computer, I have
>>>> others but they are dedicated.
>>>>
>>>> The thing is that it would be most convenient for me if I had software
>>>> that would not only run on both platforms but could use the same files
>>>> ( for example a db kept on a FAT32 partition ). At this time in
>>>> particular, I am looking for a PIM and a password manager.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of a site that is dedicated to such software? --
>>>> Thad
>>>
>>>Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>>>executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/
>>
>> Is it running them as fast as in native windows?
>
>Usually. Sometimes, the Windows apps run faster under Wine than they do
>under Windows itself.

Interesting.
Does everything run, or just some specific apps?

>Stef

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wrote:
>On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:33:34 +0000, Almond wrote:
>
>> In article , Virtual_Ron
>> wrote:
>>>doctlo-icfp@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Unfortunately due to circumstances I spend a lot of time in Windows
>>>> and a lot of time in Linux, mainly one ( dual-boot) computer, I have
>>>> others but they are dedicated.
>>>>
>>>> The thing is that it would be most convenient for me if I had software
>>>> that would not only run on both platforms but could use the same files
>>>> ( for example a db kept on a FAT32 partition ). At this time in
>>>> particular, I am looking for a PIM and a password manager.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of a site that is dedicated to such software? --
>>>> Thad
>>>
>>>Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>>>executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/
>>
>> Is it running them as fast as in native windows?
>
>Usually. Sometimes, the Windows apps run faster under Wine than they do
>under Windows itself.

Interesting.
Does everything run, or just some specific apps?

>Stef

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Almond wrote:

> Interesting.
> Does everything run, or just some specific apps?

They've tried to make it general, but at present it doesn't cover /every/
Windows application. They covered the applications that are most likely to
be wanted by recent migrants to Linux, like Windows Office, but it won't
run most Windows games (for example). The Wine people publish a
compatibility list: http://appdb.winehq.org/ - and more applications are
added every week.

C.

Almond wrote:

> Interesting.
> Does everything run, or just some specific apps?

They've tried to make it general, but at present it doesn't cover /every/
Windows application. They covered the applications that are most likely to
be wanted by recent migrants to Linux, like Windows Office, but it won't
run most Windows games (for example). The Wine people publish a
compatibility list: http://appdb.winehq.org/ - and more applications are
added every week.

C.

doctlo-icfp@yahoo.com wrote:
> Unfortunately due to circumstances I spend a lot of time in Windows
> and a lot of time in Linux, mainly one ( dual-boot) computer, I have
> others but they are dedicated.
>
> The thing is that it would be most convenient for me if I had software
> that would not only run on both platforms but
> could use the same files ( for example a db kept on a FAT32
> partition ). At this time in particular, I am looking for a PIM and a
> password manager.
>
> Does anyone know of a site that is dedicated to such software?
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Thad

If you are a programmer you could write your own software. This way you
are guaranteed to get software working the way you want. Some computer
languages are not cross-platform compatible. One language which is, is
Python. To get the sound and graphics working on other machines, just
change the sound and graphics modules to the appropriate platform.

Alternatively you may want to investigate web based apps.

Later
Mike

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:38:46 -0600, doctlo-icfp wrote:

> At this time in particular, I am looking for a PIM and a

evolution is native to linux and windows versions are available
for download:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Interne...-Windows.shtml
or
http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/

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"Stefan Patric" ha scritto nel messaggio
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>>>Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>>>executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/
>>
>> Is it running them as fast as in native windows?
>
> Usually. Sometimes, the Windows apps run faster under Wine than they do
> under Windows itself.

Have you some benchmarks to prove that?

Frankly speaking, I don't buy this thing that Wine-emulated Windows apps run
faster than native Windows apps...
(but I'm open to correct my idea.)

Giovanni

"Stefan Patric" ha scritto nel messaggio
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>>>Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>>>executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/
>>
>> Is it running them as fast as in native windows?
>
> Usually. Sometimes, the Windows apps run faster under Wine than they do
> under Windows itself.

Have you some benchmarks to prove that?

Frankly speaking, I don't buy this thing that Wine-emulated Windows apps run
faster than native Windows apps...
(but I'm open to correct my idea.)

Giovanni

Giovanni Dicanio wrote:
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>
>>>> Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>>>> executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/
>>> Is it running them as fast as in native windows?
>> Usually. Sometimes, the Windows apps run faster under Wine than they do
>> under Windows itself.
>
> Have you some benchmarks to prove that?
>
> Frankly speaking, I don't buy this thing that Wine-emulated Windows apps run
> faster than native Windows apps...
> (but I'm open to correct my idea.)
>
> Giovanni
>
>

http://wiki.winehq.org/BenchMark-0.9.5

Giovanni Dicanio wrote:
> "Stefan Patric" ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:XEyVi.56170$054.2686@newsfe14.phx...
>
>>>> Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>>>> executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/
>>> Is it running them as fast as in native windows?
>> Usually. Sometimes, the Windows apps run faster under Wine than they do
>> under Windows itself.
>
> Have you some benchmarks to prove that?
>
> Frankly speaking, I don't buy this thing that Wine-emulated Windows apps run
> faster than native Windows apps...
> (but I'm open to correct my idea.)
>
> Giovanni
>
>

http://wiki.winehq.org/BenchMark-0.9.5

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> "Stefan Patric" ha scritto nel messaggio
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>
>>>>Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>>>>executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/
>>>
>>> Is it running them as fast as in native windows?
>>
>> Usually. Sometimes, the Windows apps run faster under Wine than they do
>> under Windows itself.
>
> Have you some benchmarks to prove that?
>
> Frankly speaking, I don't buy this thing that Wine-emulated Windows apps
> run faster than native Windows apps...
> (but I'm open to correct my idea.)
>

I know WABI (Sun) was (many years ago) sure slow as syrup.

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> "Stefan Patric" ha scritto nel messaggio
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>
>>>>Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>>>>executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/
>>>
>>> Is it running them as fast as in native windows?
>>
>> Usually. Sometimes, the Windows apps run faster under Wine than they do
>> under Windows itself.
>
> Have you some benchmarks to prove that?
>
> Frankly speaking, I don't buy this thing that Wine-emulated Windows apps
> run faster than native Windows apps...
> (but I'm open to correct my idea.)
>

I know WABI (Sun) was (many years ago) sure slow as syrup.

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Douglas O'Neal

wrote
on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:10:55 -0400
:
> Giovanni Dicanio wrote:
>> "Stefan Patric" ha scritto nel messaggio
>> news:XEyVi.56170$054.2686@newsfe14.phx...
>>
>>>>> Have you thought of running Wine on your linux box? It runs windows
>>>>> executables pretty nicely. http://www.winehq.org/
>>>> Is it running them as fast as in native windows?
>>> Usually. Sometimes, the Windows apps run faster under Wine than they do
>>> under Windows itself.
>>
>> Have you some benchmarks to prove that?
>>
>> Frankly speaking, I don't buy this thing that Wine-emulated Windows apps run
>> faster than native Windows apps...
>> (but I'm open to correct my idea.)
>>
>> Giovanni
>>
>>
>
> http://wiki.winehq.org/BenchMark-0.9.5


These benchmarks are actually rather interesting --
the problem of course is that there's no clear winner
(though there's a clear leader in many of the tests)
and it depends heavily on what the application is
doing, and what the user is doing with the application.
As the benchmarks stipulate, within the narrow (but not
atypical) setup postulated in the benchmark, WinE runs
faster in 67 out of 148 tests. Unfortunately, either WinE
or XP aborted 18 of the tests for some reason, and WinE
lagged badly (more than 50.1%) on 21 other tests.

So take these tests with appropriate seasoning, but they
are very encouraging -- at least to WinE users. I don't
know whether Microsoft will improve its OS, "improve" its
applications so that they can no longer run under WinE,
or what.

Followups.

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