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That's what we're looking for, but, if he makes changes, he also needs to be able to save it as an Access database, because his work still uses Access.

I neglected to mention that the computers at his work are on Windows NT, and they're a small enough business that upgrading is not going to be in the works for a while, while these still work. Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'll ask my dad exactly what he does with the Access databases, whether he just simply reads them, or if he generates reports and forms with them.

But can they connect to computers that use Microsoft Terminal Services? He can't change the software on the computers at work.

My dad has been wanting to drop Windows for Linux for a while now, but he hasn't had the time to mess with it yet. There are some concerns he has. He wants to generally be able to do what he can do now with his Windows installation. 1. In addition to getting rid of Windows, he also wants to get rid of Windows programs, and use native Linux programs exclusively. So that's not an issue, so far, although you should see #2: 2. He currently uses Microsoft Terminal Services to connect to the computers at his work, kind of like PC Anywhere, etc. Is there an equivalent Linux program that can connect to computers that use Microsoft Terminal Services? 3. He needs to be able to read from MS Access databases, and write to the Access file format. Can Star Office do this? Are there other programs that can at least read and write Access databases? 4. General compatibility with MS Word, Excel, Power Point, etc. That's a no-brainer. I immediately blurted Open Office. However, I wouldn't mind learning about others as well. How does Star Office, Hancom Office, or Abi Word handle MS formats? Any help would be appreciated. I've already chosen the distro for him. Three guesses which one. :wink:

I think for the media player in Kazaa to work, you have to have Windows Media Player installed. I've never tried it, so I can't say for certain.

Yeah, I figured that might have been what you meant after I posted that...... Look around http://www.netraverse.com and search the downloads section. I think you have to register an account, but I do believe you can get an evaluation.

http://www.yamaha-xg.com You can download a demo from there.

I broke down and bought a copy anyway (well, I got an e-mail announcing a deal for only $60. Had to take advantage of it ;-) ). I installed the Yamaha XG synthesizer on it, and it seems to work okay for smaller MIDI files. For larger ones, it tends to chop them up a bit. However, this might be due to my system, as it is relatively slow (500 MHz AMD processor with 192 MB of RAM). If you have a faster system, it should work okay.

I do have that installed.

I'm not sure, but I noticed that, on the multimedia kernel that comes with the Power Pack, the alsa drivers in it, as far as I can tell, were compiled without sequencer support. I had a similar problem when I tried to set up MIDI playback per the tutorial in the Tips Tricks section. Obviously, Rosegarden needs sequencer support. I'm working on a solution to this problem. I'll get back to you. I'm thinking you'll just need to install the latest alsa drivers and you should be okay (just remember to run configure with sequencer support). But I need to test this myself.

Another really cool feature is the inability of the compiler to detect my GTK installation, and failing every time I try to run configure..... :P Seriously though, I would like to be able to use GAIM 0.63. Is there a particular package I should install?

I have a Belkin USB 2.0 card. And for me, USB 2.0 would not work reliably (although in my case, it doesn't work in either Windows or Linux). What I had to do in Linux was disable the ehci-hcd module, which was, in my case, the module for USB 2.0 specific instructions. You can, as root, type "rmmod ehci-hcd" to remove it, and in your modules.conf file, in the line that says: probeall usb-interface usb-uhci usb-ohci ehci-hcd It might not say that exactly, but you should have multiple USB devices listed in that line. I had to disable ehci-hcd to get my USB devices working reliably again. This, of course, is the module that specifically allows 2.0 compatibility, so removing it brings you back to USB 1.1, but to be honest, I couldn't really tell any difference in speed. However, removing the module will most likely give you a stable computer again.

Did you make the needed changes to your modules.conf? By the way, when you do the modprobe commands, you don't have to restart the computer. They will work immediately.

The reason why I asked is because I looked at their documentation, and they also have a detailed list of what doesn't work. They didn't mention MIDI there, either.

If this now has MIDI input/output support, I'll gladly shell out the $90 for it. Who can I ask to see if it has it or not?

Install the libMesaGlu1-devel package. It's on the Mandrake CD's. It contains the glu.h file that the configure script in the first message is referring to.

All you have to do, is use whatever menu editor KDE uses, and use this as the command line: wine "C:Program Fileswhatever the path isexecutable.exe" or winex "C:bla blahexecutable.exe" or winex3 "C:bla blahexecutable.exe" Then, it will run from the menu and/or desktop icon.

The point I was getting at was that using wine/winex meant that you didn't also have to purchase a copy of Windows if there was a program you just couldn't live without. (in theory, anyway) I just didn't explain myself very well. :P

I disagree. In an NES emulator, you're using the operating system of the actual NES when running games. You're not running them straight from Linux (or Windows, or wherever you use your emulator). Wine, on the other hand, allows you to run Windows programs straight from Linux, without needing an actual Windows to run it. Yes, you'll most likely get better results if you just run it from Windows, however, then you need to have a copy of Windows to use.

You might want to check this page out: http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list....gi?make=Lexmark x75 isn't listed in there, and, to my knowledge, Lexmark doesn't provide a driver for this one. (They do for the z23, z33, z25, and z35.) I have a feeling you probably won't be getting it to work. Are you using CUPS as your printing system? Try using LPRng or PDQ. Don't take my word for it, though. Somebody else might have gotten it working. There's a forum on there as well where someone else who has used it might be able to help a little more.

I really find that hard to believe. No offense.... :wink: Personally, and this might be simply because I don't use many of the advanced functions of any word processor I've ever used (and I've used Word, WordPerfect, and Open Office), I've never come across anything that Word could do that WordPerfect or Open Office couldn't do, and this applies to any Word documents I've written at my current job as well. I think familiarity tends to keep a user on a particular set of applications, more so than whether or not said set of applications are truly superior. I'm in the same boat with Music Notation software. Again, this is just my thoughts. No flame war intended. :wink:

Currently, vendors don't write Linux versions of their software because not enough people use it (or so they think). Currently, people are afraid to start using it because vendors don't write Linux versions of their software. It's a vicious circle. I think being able to run Windows apps on Linux will help convince a lot more people to switch. This is why the Wine project was started. Granted, they should use Linux applications instead of Windows applications, but sometimes, there are just one or two programs that are only written for Windows that someone justs prefers the way they work, regardless of whether it is truly superior or just simply because it's what they used for a long time. Plus, some people have already invested money in Windows software, Linux would be more attractive if they don't have to learn all new applications once they start using Linux. As for myself personally, I have a mix of Windows and Linux applications thanks to Crossover Office. It's not because Linux apps suck, it's because I've just grown accustomed to a few Windows programs, and I would just like to keep using them. If enough people use the Windows version of a program on Linux, then it would entice developers to write a native Linux version. Unless the program is no longer actively developed, in which case Wine and its deviants will still be necessary. Of course there's also the argument that if a program runs perfectly in Wine, it would entice the developers to not bother with a native version. This might be true, in the short term. But in the long term, as Linux continues its exponential growth, I think vendors will find it to their advantage to create a native port for Linux, since they will see an increasing user base on Linux. Especially with all of the open-source/free alternatives out there, they need to be able to compete with the alternatives.

We'll take this one step at a time: First, in your config line that says: Take out the "so" in both lines. That'll get rid of the numerous "invalid load order "so" errors you were getting. By the way, you can probably get away with simply taking out the line with the ntdll in it. It is builtin to this version of Wine. Second, in the part that says: Change the Device section to read "/dev/fd0" instead of "/dev/floppy/0". This will take care of your Drive A errors that you're getting. That should leave you with just the font errors and the dll errors: I don't think you need to worry too much about the error with commdlg. You can try to enable a native version of it if it's still giving you problems, however. Underneath your [fonts] section in your config, add this: This will add your actual fake windows installation font directory to your wine programs. This will make the fonts that were installed by Power TAB available to Wine (as well as other programs you use in wine). I think the error with msvcrt is also not too much to worry about. It wouldn't hurt to add this to the beginning of your wine config, right below where it says: "# [wineconf]" [Version] ; Windows version to imitate (win95,win98,winme,nt351,nt40,win2k,winxp,win20,win30,win31) "Windows" = "win98" ; DOS version to imitate "DOS" = "6.22" Other suggestions (not really required, but give it a shot if your program still doesn't run). Find the program "NEWFNT32.EXE ", "corfnt32.exe ", and "dcom98.exe" and run them via Wine. They should give you the necessary dlls and fonts that some Windows programs will need. The links are below. The installer for Acrobat Reader also puts in some necessary dlls. Okay, I just threw a lot at you. Hopefully this gets your program running for you, and I hope I'm not scaring you off. Good luck, and post if you need any more assistance. A website with NEWFNT: http://www.nettally.com/waldoe/freeware/unsorted.html A website with cornt32: http://www.stfservices.com/updates.htm (you can probably get some other updates here, too) A website with DCOM: http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/download.asp

At first glance, I don't see anything wrong. I'll first ask, and this might be a dumb question, when you typed "wine PTEditor.exe" the first time, was it actually from the directory that PTEditor.exe was in? I'm at work right now, so I can't compare it with my own config file. When I get home, I'll take a look at your config file and compare it with mine, and suggest any changes. I think there needs to be more information in the Dll Overrides section. But again, I need to look at my own before I can make suggestions. I'll be right back.

Ah, okay. Out of that list, I'd suggest Bochs if all you're going to do with it is compile programs for Windows. Bochs is kind of tricky at first, but once you start using it, it's not too hard. It's a little on the slow side, though.