[plug] First real Linux repload on a laptop ?

[Kev]

Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2006, Paul Arch wrote:
> 
>> The biggest thing in all of this is choice - a user might not even want 
>> windows so why should they be forced to buy it ?
> 
> The majority of users out there will need to switch over to a Windows
> environment from time to time.
> 
> That said, I'm looking forward to the day when ReactOS, Wine or one of
> the free implementations of the Win32 API mature enough (and quickly enough!)
> to run the handful of applications one would like to under Windows.

Crossover Office runs most of the "mainstream" Windoze applications 
right out of the box.

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxoffice/supported_apps/


> On a side note: has anyone tried ReactOS recently?

I installed and played with the latest ReactOS just last week. 
Basically all they have so far is a very "clunky" gui OS booting.  It 
wasn't inspiring enough to convince me to spend more than a couple hours 
tho.

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