Re: Full replacement of MS

From: Christian Convey (cconvey_at_cox.net)
Date: 11/30/04

  • Next message: Nate Bargmann: "Re: Full replacement of MS" 
    Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:21:52 -0500
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

    I can at least say that the Blue Clues games from Humungous
    Entertainment do just fine well under Wine for me; as good or about as
    good as when I run them on Windows.

    The only other things I really care about working under Linux are:
    - Quicken, which sufficiently well under Wine that I have no complaints, and
    - Syncing with my digital camera, which most people are successful at
    under Linux with Linux's own digital camera apps. (I'm having trouble in
    Debian, but it worked well under Fedora IIRC)
    - Syncing with my Neuros digital audio player. It's got a native Linux
    app called Positron which isn't nearly as good as Neuros' Windows app,
    but apparently it can get the job done.

    Ron Johnson wrote:
    > On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 20:14 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
    > [snip]
    >
    >>These days there is almost little technical reason to wonder if Linux
    >>can function on the desktop. With the availability of some finely
    >>crafted live CDs (many based on Debian), trying the Linux desktop is a
    >>snap. Gone are the days of compacting the DOS drive, partitioning,
    >>formatting and installing just to test Linux to see what it's about.
    >
    >
    > Unfortunately, many specialized apps (voice recognition and child-
    > rens popular edutainment games come immediately to mind) don't
    > have adequate (or *any*) native corollaries.
    >
    > Broderbund-type home software (Calendar Creator, Greeting Card
    > Creator) also come quickly to mind.
    >
    > And, if your data is in a proprietary format, and that specialized
    > app won't run under Wine or CO Office, you're also SOL.
    > 

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