Windows Applications under Linux

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Windows ApplicationsunderLinux

• Atul Chitnis
• Exocore Consulting

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Agenda

• Why
• How
• Implications
• Alternatives

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Why?

• Windows Computers -)
• De facto standards
• Document compatibility
• Operational Compatibility
• Viruses

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How?

• Codeweaver Crossover Office
• Implementation of Wine
• Added functionality
• Commercial product
• Not only for Office

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Crossover Office

• Installation under Linux
• MS Office 97
• MS Office 2000
• Many other apps
• Application support growing rapidly

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Demo

• A small demonstration of what is possible

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Direct Executables
modprobe binfmt_misc cd /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_mi
sc echo 'DOSWinMMZ/opt/cxoffice/bin/wine'
gt register
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Resources

• http//www.codeweavers.com
• http//winehq.org
• http//www.pcquest.com/content/search/showarticle.
  asp?artid7097

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Implications

• Commercial Software under Linux?
• Corruption of the Linux Concept?
• Sellout to the devil?
• Alien DNA?

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Linus Torvalds says.
Quite frankly, I don't want people using Linux
for ideological reasons. I think ideology sucks.
This world would be a much better place if people
had less ideology, and a whole lot more I do
this because it's FUN and because others might
find it useful, not because I got religion
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And also
Would I prefer to use a tool that didn't have
any restrictions on it (for kernel maintenance)?
Yes. But since no such tool exists, and since I'm
personally not very interested in writing one,
and since I don't have any hangups about using
the right tool for the job, I use it (BitKeeper,
a non-free application).
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Alternatives

• Staroffice 6.0
• Commercial
• OpenOffice 1.0
• Release end-April
• Abiword, gnumeric, etc.

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Questions?