Been looking forward to trying this for a long time. What with Wine 1.0 nearly here, and a brand new computer to populate, I thought I'd try actually migrating my spouse to Linux / Wine, or at least see why it isn't yet practical.
I'll record the process here: http://kegel.com/wine/migrating-user-1.html
So far it's not quite clear it'll work, but it should be educational, and I'll at least get a bunch of good bug reports out of it. - Dan
Dan Kegel wrote:
Been looking forward to trying this for a long time. What with Wine 1.0 nearly here, and a brand new computer to populate, I thought I'd try actually migrating my spouse to Linux / Wine, or at least see why it isn't yet practical.
Looks like a worthwhile project.
I'll record the process here: http://kegel.com/wine/migrating-user-1.html
Nice web page. Like the list of applications she needs to use.
So far it's not quite clear it'll work, but it should be educational, and I'll at least get a bunch of good bug reports out of it.
My wife talked me into to switch from a PC to a Mac. I've never looked back. Wine is the bridge to capture those Windows applications that do not have a Mac front end or just will never, ever be ported to the Mac.
I still have a PC in the house, but it is more a 'play toy' than a work machine. It is getting a new hard drive and Fedora 8 (9 is not ready for prime-time yet.) That will get rc2/rc3 installed on it and much testing.
James McKenzie
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