Free alternative to XP
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.org.user-groups.linux.svlug |
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| Organization | http://www.WebThatWorks.it |
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I'm having more frequent problems with XP under virtualbox for the few things I still need Windows. Namely: - a compiler and programmer of an embedded display - TomTom updater program Both software use USB. None is resource intensive. The compiler/programmer software is pretty old, it has even a CLI/DOS(??) interface and probably is using the USB as a glorified RS232. TomTom may use it in a way that may be far lower level than I would like to be, but maybe not and I never have been able to make TomTom work at a higher standard than USB 1 under virtualbox/Linux/XP. I don't know if it is due to XP being too old and causing problems with USB or the TomTom software or if it's just a problem with new kernels and virtualbox, anyway it could be a good opportunity to take out XP from the equation and get rid of one more piece of non Open software. The few alternatives that comes to mind are ReactOS and Wine but I know so few about them that I don't even know if it is worth to try. -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it http://www.borgonovo.net