Re: [SLE] Win[doh!]ze <--> Lx/Su9, From: Start w/ WINE in Su v9

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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:55:03 +0100

On Monday 12 January 2004 17:32, DGL_wk_1 wrote:
> What general principles and/or ref's are there for interaction of
> stock-in-trade Win[doh!]ze and Linux, esp SuSE 9?

I'm not 100% sure what you are asking here. If you are asking can you write
files from Linux to a partition/drive, and then read them from Windows, and
vice versa, then there is no problem at all - assuming the apps on each side
can read/write in a common format.

For example, you create a document using Word2000 installed in Crossover
office. You save it to your hard drive in a common area that Windows and
Linux can both see. You boot to Windows, and open that document and edit it
in Word2000... no problems.

I do stuff like this on my machine. To give you an idea of how my partitions
are setup...

hda -> 8GB NTFS formatted with Win2000 installed - this is the C: drive
hdb1-> 10GB FAT32 partiton - the D: drive
hdb2 -> 20GB FAT32 partition - the E: drive
hdb3 -> 20GB FAT32 partiton - the F: drive
hdc1 -> 15.2MB boot partiton for Linux
hdc2 -> 1GB Linux swap partiton for linux
hdc3 -> 39GB Resier partiton for Linux

hda mounts as readonly from Linux. hdb1,2 and 3 all mount as fully read/write
from Linux. I use this as a common area between the two OSes. I use Linux
99.9% of the time, but use the FAT32 partitions as a common work area. I
save all my documents there, and that way regardless of which OS I'm booted
to I can access my data.

> All I've read of WINE labels it a slow hog, also
> difficult to install time- and other-wise.

Mmmm depends on what you try to do. Using the Crossover version of WINE is a
breeze. I use it to run MSOffice so that I can do my contract work without
having to boot to Windows. I like OpenOffice for personal stuff, but the
round trip from MSOffice to OpenOffice and back still isn't 100% enough for
me to use it all the time.

If you want to try games... Transgaming has a version of Wine that actually
works pretty good for a lot of games out there... even some of the newer
games play - like Max Payne2. I actually get better speeds with the games in
Wine than I do in native Windows - go figure that one out...

> Samba I've read is difficult to install and only for networks, not
> Win/SuSE/RH/Mandrake on the same machine, although
> I've been told the contrary.

Whoever told you contrary didn't know what they were talking about. Samba is
an implementation of the SMBnetwork protocol (A side point - It was created
in 1992 by a guy named Andrew Tridgell). It allows Windows based clients to
connect to a Linux system and use the resources of that system as if it was a
Windows server. It gives you the ability to map drives to a Linux server
using the same mechanisms that woudl be used to store files on a Windows
server.

> Doesn't basic security forbid writing across partitions?

Errrr.. why? Not sure where you heard that... or even what you really mean.
A partition is simply a way of dividing a hard drive up. You can write
across partitions no problem... assuming you have write access of course.

A lot of people break their drives up into seperate partitions for /home, /
var, /swap, /boot etc etc etc.

> Is there any cohesive body of knowledge on partitions and Open Source
> "office"?

I think you need to clarify your question a bit... are you asking if you can
save files on different partitions? Not really sure what the problem is
you're trying to address here.

Clayton

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