Hi,
I am migrating to Linux from Windows and attempting to get several programs working with Wine. After examining several Linux distros, I have settled on Scientific Linux 6. Currently, I am using SL 6.4 and would like to know if Wine 1.5 or 1.6rc2 will work on SL 6?
Eventually, I may consider getting Red Hat certified...the reason I chose SL. I plan to also install VirtualBox and run Win 7 as a guest, for apps that will not work in Wine.
I am a geologist and use many custom scientific Windows only programs that are not in the database and unlikely few others will use. However, a few of the more common ones I want to use on Linux are Adobe Acrobat Standard 9 or 10 (I own a copy of both), Blackberry Desktop Software 7, MS Office 2010 Professional with the ability to run the updater.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
Scientific Linux 6 version
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Re: Scientific Linux 6 version
Hi
- Outlook/Lync do work on Windows only (I personally didn't got it working in wine).
--- as alternative Thunderbird & Pidgin are good enough
- Adobe Reader -> look for alternative "yum search pdf" (etc.) or install the free version from adobe repository
- MS Office 2010 Professional -> in VM
--- libreoffice is alternative
I'm TTS engineer and I have to use internal programms and tools (sometimes windos only), But I got running them: try to run it in wine and you will see what is missing. If you can install the software, then do this with Installer shipped with wine - works fine.
Winetricks should be your friend.
PS: I am running WinXP in VirtualBox, just for things that realy do not work with wine (Audio calls, or if one is wrinting his code not abstract enough).
Good luck!
- Outlook/Lync do work on Windows only (I personally didn't got it working in wine).
--- as alternative Thunderbird & Pidgin are good enough
- Adobe Reader -> look for alternative "yum search pdf" (etc.) or install the free version from adobe repository
- MS Office 2010 Professional -> in VM
--- libreoffice is alternative
I'm TTS engineer and I have to use internal programms and tools (sometimes windos only), But I got running them: try to run it in wine and you will see what is missing. If you can install the software, then do this with Installer shipped with wine - works fine.
Winetricks should be your friend.
PS: I am running WinXP in VirtualBox, just for things that realy do not work with wine (Audio calls, or if one is wrinting his code not abstract enough).
Good luck!
Re: Scientific Linux 6 version
To preface, I'm on Linux Mint 14 64-bit, but would guess your wine experience would be similar to mine.
I've been able to get Office 2010 running great in wine (word, excel, and powerpoint are ones I use reguarly).
Also, for other applications, I have a Windows 7 VM that can run the rest of the applications I use (Visual Studio 2010 for instance).
I've been able to get Office 2010 running great in wine (word, excel, and powerpoint are ones I use reguarly).
Also, for other applications, I have a Windows 7 VM that can run the rest of the applications I use (Visual Studio 2010 for instance).
