Re: windows softwares in Linux?
From: Haedn Thorn (lordhaedn1_at_cox.net)
Date: 09/04/03
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Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 12:39:46 GMT
Unfortunately (in the case of VIZ) Autodesk/discreet is more or less in
bed with Microsoft ... It is typically very difficult, if not impossible
to run their software under wine ... I have heard of limited success,
but have so far not been able to accomplish any of these myself ... You
should check wine's website for other's success stories ..
http://www.winehq.org ... As for Photoshop, just use the Gimp :) I
believe there are some similar packages available to replace Illustrator
as well ... For VIZ, I know that MAYA, SoftImage, and Houdini are all
available and work very well under Linux. It is quite unfortunate that
some otherwise very good software companies do not consider Linux as a
practical OS .. Luckily, there are many who do, and industry is begining
to come around too :) Personally, I don't support companies who only
code for M$ ... And, not to be critical, but if you can swing the price
tag on VIZ, how can you really say XP is too pricey? I mean, I'd never
buy it, but it only adds about $100 to the cost of a new system. Of
course, Linux is FREE, much more stable, and I am very happy with it on
my Dual Xeon 2.4GHz (with HT :) ...
daltec wrote:
> Hello everybody in Linux, I work with main applications 3DStudio Viz
> 3i, Photoshop 6, Illustrator 8, and some more. They are now SO SLOW on
> my old computer. It is Win98 K62 with a Radeon 7500 PCI card. This
> softwares were not so fast in the beginning either! :-) But now
> they are terrible. So I am building new machine only to run those
> softwares. BUT, Windows is so expensive!
>
> I have learned a little with Linux over the past year including Gimp!
> :-), and think about running my Windows graphics softwares in Linux
> with Wine or perhaps something else.
>
> But I would like to know, does anybody of you Linux experts here have
> experience with this sort of softwares in Linux? Would it be wasting
> my time to install Linux and configure the binaries, only to find they
> do not work? Should I resign myself to have to pay so much money for
> XP Pro? Any advice at all would be very much appreciated. Thank you
> all very much!!!
>
> Maybe I should mention that I would like to try the Hyperthreading on
> my new Pentium processor. I am hoping it will make Viz faster. That is
> why I suggested XP Pro (Hyperthreading Support). Again, thank you all
> very much for any advice you might wish to give to me. I am looking
> forward to hearing from somebody!!! Have a good night!!!
>
> Thank you,
> Dalena Tran
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