[Coco] CoCoNet and Linux

[David Hazelton]

Another way...possibly

Ubuntu also has Sun xVM  Virtualbox, Which if you have a copy of Windows 
you can run it  in a virtual machine.  The latest version is pretty 
slick,  I've run a "Ghost" server under it on a Ubuntu server, where 
WINE just couldn't handle the multicasting Virtualbox worked fine. 

Playing with it on the otherside Ubuntu Desktop on Windows XP at home, I 
can use my  USB Epson  printer /Scanner which impresses me....I'm so 
easy :-)

It allows mapping  Com ports to actual Com Ports,  I was playing with it 
last night to see if I could fax something (Testing the Serial modem 
connected to COM1)  It used 16450 emulation I believe I read in the Docs.

~ David Hazelton

Roger Merchberger wrote:
>
> Now, to play the "other side of the fence" - Instead of branching the 
> code solely for Linux, if you have access to a machine running a 
> recent Linux distro (say, Ubuntu) - test your winders .exe under WINE 
> on that linux. At least with Ubuntu, WINE is just an 'apt-get install' 
> away if you like the command line, or just search for 'wine' in 
> Synaptic if you're a GUI fan. If you're app runs "near flawless" just 
> add that to your advertising scheme; "no warranties, but give it a 
> try, it's at least been tested somewhat. If something dies, email me 
> at xxx at yyy.zzz and let me know, I'll see if I can fix it." If enough 
> people test & use it under WINE on different platforms and it does 
> seem quite stable, then offer to add that as a "compatibility 
> platform" for the future. If enough people are running it under WINE 
> at that point, you can then see if it would behoove you to continue to 
> test future code bases under WINE.
>