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To: Wuli
Have you tried running them in a Linux virtual machine with WINE?
25 posted on 09/30/2017 8:37:31 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No. I did enough techie geeky stuff in my IT career. But now I don’t like spending my time doing it. Yes, it leaves with things “as delivered” instead of me “tweeking” things to my exact liking - most of the time, not always (as I do always uninstall Win 10’s Cortana and Onedrive apps). It’s a “I don’t want or like spending the techie time” anymore. Can do, but won’t do it UNLESS and ONLY WHEN some single issue crops up and I have to get it “fixed”.

I could do Linux or others (some of the systems under my charge as an IT director in the past did run Linux and other systems) - but I just don’t want to spend the time acquiring the knowledge and familiarity to do it. Not lazy, just don’t want to invest time any day in it.


35 posted on 09/30/2017 8:48:51 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

About a year ago, I bought a Linux Mint laptop.

Linux is okay for basics — wordprocessing, email, etc., but it is still lacking in many ways.

For, example, the Linux Firefox will not run all of the extensions/add-ons that the Windows FF will run.

Also, I tried to run WINE. Every Windows program I tried to install/run failed partially or completely.

I am still looking for a way to watch FoxSportsGo, ESPN and NBCSports. Every browser fails. They may load partially but will not connect. I periodically check forums and try some of the suggestions, but so far NADA.


41 posted on 09/30/2017 9:07:48 AM PDT by TomGuy
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