your OS?

[Janina Sajka]

Jim:

I suspect the answers to your question won't be simple. So, bear in mind
that you can give yourself the option to boot DOS. You could even retain
an option to boot Windows if need be. Then, if you discover that dosemu
and VMware take care of all your needs, you can blow those partitions away
and give yourself another native linux partition. Until then, you keep
your options open.

Anyway, this is how I'd approach it. And, I think this approach is good
practice if for no other reason than you'll take some time to come up to
speed with these other tools. Meanwhile, if you need to get a task done
with the tools you already know how to use, you won't be up the proverbial
creek without that proverbial paddle.

Now, I suspect you'll be able to port your code very nicely. How much
editing will depend on how you've written it, I guess. But it should port.

Do we still need Windows? I do--but then I have to read/write WordPerfect
documents (.wpd extension), and I haven't found a tool (or figured how to
hack Linux WP) to do the conversion from within Linux. Also, for the time
being, if you need MIDI sequencing and/or multi-track sound editing, you
need Windows.

 On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Jim Stevenson wrote:

> I am applying for upgrade from a dos pc as a terminal to a unix mainframe.
>
> Do you linux power users sometimes need winblows for some applications?
> Do you need dos to run dos programs like c code, or do they run under linux
> dos emulation?
>
> In particular, I have lots of dos c code to drive the opl fm chip.
>
> Do you need both emacs speak and speakup to do everything?
>
> Is any particular brand of linux best for sound support and update without
> much sited assistence?
>
> If you must quote me, please put your comments first.
>
> I have already listened to mine.
>
> Thanks.
>