[BBLISA] Adobe products under Linux?

[Scott Ehrlich]

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:

> How about installing CentOS x86_64, and installing Windows XP as a virtual
> machine inside of it?
> If you've never installed a virtual machine, just say so and I'll simplify
> it for you.  It's only hard to figure it out for the first time.
>

I have strong experience with VMWare, with both Windows and Linux as 
hosts.  It has proven its performance limitations, and I'm trying to find 
the most seamless solution to permit using full hardware functionality and 
requisite applications.   VMWare is a consideration.

We shall see, soon enough, what direction I end up with...

Please keep the insights/comments coming!

Thanks again to everyone for the great discussion thus far!

Scott

>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On
>> Behalf Of Scott Ehrlich
>> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 5:01 PM
>> To: bblisa at bblisa.org
>> Subject: [BBLISA] Adobe products under Linux?
>>
>> Also sent to Codeweavers - [what is this list's insights?]
>>
>> I have a 32 GB, dual quad-core desktop machine and was considering 32-
>> bit
>> Windows XP w/SP2, but discovered it only supports up to 4 GB RAM, so
>> that idea
>> is shot.
>>
>> Next in line is 64-bit CentOS 5.   The major need for Windows would be
>> very
>> active use of Adobe Acrobat 8, Photoshop CS3, and Illustrator CS3.
>>
>> There may also be the need to copy/transfer information among Matlab,
>> Mathematica, and Microsoft-based applications, from Office 2003 to the
>> above-mentioned ones.
>>
>> Do you support these, and how complete is your product line for 64-bit
>> CentOS
>> 5?
>>
>> Based on your answer, I'll know whether to go with a virtual machine-
>> based
>> solution, which means a Windows VM, or can remain Linux-only, with your
>> solution.
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> bblisa mailing list
>> bblisa at bblisa.org
>> http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
>
> _______________________________________________
> bblisa mailing list
> bblisa at bblisa.org
> http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
>