TI>From: "Tony Ingenoso" 

TI>I've heard that Linspire runs the whole system as root and read some quote f
TI>the company prez trying to defend such insanity.  Are you sure this is what
TI>want .

I don't really know. I gather running in root is about the same as
having sex without a condem. Is there a more appropreate method to
access windose programs in linspire (and/or my SuSE 9.3 upgrade when
I get it from my eldest son for fatheads day ?-)

Ciao, Ack.

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TI>news:50adcb.c39640{at}harborwebs.com...
TI>> Anyone had any experiece with the Win4LinHome by Dan Perlman
TI>> that purports to enable Linspire 4.5 and 5.0 (as well as SuSE)
TI>> to run programs writen for Win9x.
TI>>
TI>> I recently bought a PowerSpec 1405 with Linspire 4.5 I would
TI>> like to be able to use the Win9x genealogy programs such as
TI>> Legacy and Family History that I have used for many years so
TI>> that I have considerable data bases invested therein.
TI>>
TI>> When I asked somewhile ago if the Win9x GEDCOM files would be
TI>> recognized and used to input its data in linux genealogy programs,
TI>> GRAMPS and Genealogy Manager; I got zero responses so I gather
TI>> the GEDCOM file method of shareing data among Win9x is not possible
TI>> with linux genealogy programs such as GRAMPS and Genealogy Manager
TI>> so this Win4Lin looks interesting if it works as claimed.
TI>>
TI>> Ciao, Ack.
TI>>
TI>> ---
TI>>  # SLMR 2.1a # Use yesterday's software to create tomorrow errors today

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