[Elecraft] K3: Using Linux - OT

[Anthony Scandurra]

Mike,

WINE = *W*ine *I*s *N*ot an *E*mulator

You don't run Windows in WINE.  You run Windows programs that are then
presented the Windows APIs by WINE.  Think of WINE as a translator, not an
emulator.

I otherwise agree with your sentiment.

I prefer to run apps in their native environment.  Once my favorite
programs DXLab and N1MM+ are able to run in Linux natively, I will switch
to Linux in a heartbeat!

73, Tony K4QE

On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Mike Rhodes <w8dn at roadrunner.com> wrote:

>   Ok, I am not a Unix/Linux user. Years ago I did a little C programming
> on a real-time Unix box but have forgotten way more than I learned about
> that system (and C).
>   However, I have to ask the question - what is the point of getting away
> from "windoze" by going to a Linux box and then immediately slapping a
> fully licensed copy of "Windoze", running under an emulator, on that Linux
> box. It just seems not only counter-intuitive but counter-productive. Since
> the majority of the apps that I wish to run are strictly Windows based, it
> just seems to make more sense to run the real thing natively. If the intent
> is to not add more to the Gates billions then you have defeated that by
> running under an emulator.
>
> Mike / W8DN