From: "Robert Comer" 

I haven't tried that particular version of Win4Lin, but I've been using
Win4Lin V5 for years.  It runs everything I try to run with no problems.  I
don't have any specific experience with genealogy programs...

- Bob Comer


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