trubleshooting a laptop

[Ric Moore]

On 03/27/2013 07:12 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> I wrote:
>> make sure she brings her Office installation CD or DVD with her as
>> you'll need it to reinstall.
>
> On Wed, 2013-03-27 at 16:28 -0400, Douglas Pollard wrote:
>> I think she told me the shop who worked on her computer did not give
>> her a Windows CD.
>
> As per my previous email, she won't need a _Windows_ CD.  Wine does not
> use any Windows system software.
>
> She will need a _Microsoft Office_ CD or DVD if she wants to run Office
> on Linux.


I'm running the latest Wine from the ppa, all the fixes and patches, and 
it still bombs. One helluva project though and my hat is off to them. 
But, it has always seemed to me to be slower when it runs at all with 
certain MS packages. If the software "calls home" trouble lies ahead. 
Again, it is one helluva undertaking to mimic Windows. My hat is off to 
them for the success they have managed to achieve.  Ric



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