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Tip: CrossOver Office 3.0.1 |
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Thursday, 19 August 2004 |
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What do you do when you need to use Windows programs in GNU/Linux? You could look for free software alternatives to those programs, but in some cases -- such as with Macromedia's proprietary Flash MX Web development environment -- there is no suitable replacement in GNU/Linux. That's where CrossOver Office by CodeWeavers comes in; using this software you can run a number of Windows programs in GNU/Linux without any loss in performance or stability. Too bad it's under a restrictive proprietary license.
CrossOver Office is not an emulator per se; neither is it a virtual machine. Instead it provides Windows application programming interfaces (APIs). Read more at Newsforge.com |
