[svlug] VM Ware and Wine

[James Sparenberg]

On Wednesday 25 February 2009 19:42:25 Margaret Wendall wrote:
> Hi -
> 
> I'd like to thank those who gave me advice on VM Ware v Wine. I 
think I'll
> try Wine first and if it doesn't work, I can look for VM Ware. It 
might be
> of note to some that the Pagemaker files were done in the 
late ''90s on
> Win95 with a 133MHz CPU and much less than 1GB of RAM. Speed is not 
critical
> to me!
> 
> Margaret Wendall
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 
> > From: drub <drub at pobox.com>
> > To: Jeff <jeff.lists.nov.2006 at gmail.com>
> > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:02:02 -0800
> > Subject: Re: [svlug] VM Ware, Wine
> >
> > Hi Margaret, et. al.
> >
> > Have walked this path for personal use.  A few thoughts that may 
be
> > helpful.
> >
> > System:
> > - Intel, 2 cores, 2.8 GHz, 1MB L2
> > - 4GB RAM
> > - Ubuntu 8.04
> > - VMware Server 1.0.6
> > - Guest OSs:  XP SP3, Linux & Rails stack
> >
> > The system is much, much happier with 4GB than when configured 
with 2GB.
> >  Much.
> >
> > Also, be conservative with the video configuration.  All the eye 
candy
> > costs cpu cycles.  Forgoe such things as Compiz and enjoy 
enhanced
> > performance.
> >
> > An engineer friend, who works at VMware, suggests using Wine, if 
there are
> > just a couple apps that cannot be satisfied on  a Linux platform.
> >  Dreamweaver could be an example.  Perhaps Pagemaker is another?  
Perhaps
> > Wine supports your target app.  Wine is much lighter weight than 
VMware.
> >  There appears to be a large, healthy Wine community.
> >
> > So, Wine is another thing on my "todo" list.  Gives me another 
opportunity
> > to not endure the MS walk.  Would love to hear others' Wine 
experiences,
> > advice, etc.
> >
> > Hope this is helpful.
> > David
> >
> >
> > Jeff wrote:
> >
> >> Now including group. :)
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >> On Feb 23, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Ehud Kaldor <ehud.kaldor at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi Jeff,
> >>> You sent it to me only, not to the group. Still, better than 
hitting
> >>> 'reply to all' when you mean to hit 'reply'...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 2/23/09, Jeff <jeff.lists.nov.2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> If not, you might try VirtualBox instead of vmware
> >>>>
> >>>> Jeff
> >>>>
> >>>> On Feb 23, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Ehud Kaldor 
<ehud.kaldor at gmail.com>
> >>>>  wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> in a VMware workstation running on Linux (VMware workstation 
6.5),
> >>>>> when you create a new VM you can choose Windows 98 as the VM 
type.
> >>>>> so i guess you can (not sure about VMware server and others). 
so,
> >>>>> now all you need to do is get yourself a Win98 CD and party 
on.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ehud
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Margaret Wendall
> >>>>> <mwendall at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> Hi!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks for the info on VM Ware. Here's another question: Is 
it
> >>>>> possible to run a virtual Win98SE so that I can get my 
ancient
> >>>>> Pagemaker files to open to work on? I have files back to PM4 
that I
> >>>>> need to make PDF files out of.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA!
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Margaret Wendall
> >>>>> mwendall-at-gmail-dot-com
> >>>>> "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" - Juvenal
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> 

Margaret,

    Just as I saw this mail I had finished reading a link about 
someone who had gotten Win95 to run on a Nokia N95 cell phone. 

 http://tinyurl.com/ban2kq

James