Jaws under Linux?

Gregory Nowak greg at romuald.net.eu.org
Fri Jul 5 12:42:07 EDT 2002


I've tried running wineyes 3.1 under wine 20020310 once, and wine kept dying with some unhandeled exception error or something like that.
Greg


On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:29:32AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> JP, both JFW and Win-Eyes will run under VM (and may even run
> under wine). They are known to work under VM from both
> directions--with either Linux or Win as the host OS.
> 
> There are issues, however. If you realize that VM must control
> the device level communications between guest and host, you'll
> understand what some of the issues are. Timing is one, the
> inability to switch synths on the fly is another.
> 
> Can one do it successfully? Absolutely. Be sure to have a fast
> machine with lots of RAM. Remember, you're pseudo running two
> machines. And, don't expect too much when trying it on a portable
> system.
> 
> 




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