On 2008-03-09, Ian Goddard <goddai01@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Ian Goddard wrote:
>> thor wrote:
>>> Oedipe bibbled of :
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to make "Legacy" working on Linux with "Wine"?
>>>> Any feedback of good or bad experiences welcomed :-)
>>>>
>>>> I'm just keeping Windows XP to run Legacy, but i've switched to Linux
>>>> for every other tasks. And i found "Gramps" absolutely awfull and
bugged
>>>> compared to "Legacy".
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Had to try it and find out :)
>>> Works fine on my system, I have never used legacy before and am
>>> stating it
>>> from scratch so can't tell you if it will im****t your windows legacy
>>> database. It worked fine for a gedcom created from gramps though.
>>>
>>> David
>>
>> I just tried it and it barfed trying to open the sample. Error 429,
>> Activx component can't create object.
>>
>> An alternative approach might be to get Virtualbox and install XP under
>> that. I have W2K running that way for stuff that just won't work under
>> Wine.
>>
>
> If, like me, you can't get it to run under Wine you could download an
> eval of crossover office and try it under that - it's not listed but may
> run.
>
> Also regarding Wine an app. might run under some releases and not
> others. For instance I run Enterprise Architect under 0.9.51 but it
> won't run on my hardware under later versions.
(Not that I'm trying to compare genealogy applications, but ...)
PAF 5 has also had problems with Wine versions 0.9.51 through
present. Regressions happen every once in a while. Fortunately,
bug fixes and other improvements outnumber the regressions.
(... usually ...)
In case anyone interested in Wine isn't already aware of the
Application DataBase (AppDB), it's here:
http://appdb.winehq.org/
You can find what others have discovered about using specific
applications.
HTH
--
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
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