[clee1]

I appreciate the info. I used an early iteration of Wine years ago and it sucked pretty bad; is the newer flavor ok? I have a love-hate relationship with winblows... love the applications, hate the OS.

[ShadowAce]

Like most software, it gets better with each release. It is pretty variable, depending on the application you are trying to run. They have a pretty good database on the status of each game/application on their website. You can look up the one you would like to run and see its status.

love the applications, hate the OS.

I definitely understand that. There are days when I kinda wish I ran Windows, so I could play a game I'm reading about, but Windows just keeps getting in the way. I'd much rather be free from prying eyes/big brother/registration/etc.

[PieterCasparzen]

Of course, if you’re on linux brand 1, then want to blow it away and install linux brand 2, etc., you’ll want to have all your files under one directory. Then you can just copy that to your new install and you’re right back where you were.

Of course, you should keep backups of your data should anyhoo as a matter of routine.

[Bikkuri]

One more option we haven’t mention.. VirualBox... You can run Windows inside your Linux OS.. some slight limitations (case-by-case).. but it is what I use for PhotoShop.