I switched to linux from windows but many applications aren’t executing?
Thursday, December 31st, 2009 at
21:50
Is there a way around this or must I just accept. Example sotware such as MS encarta doesn’t seem to work. Is there a program that I can download that will allow me to still use most applications. I have ubuntu 9.10
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Filed under: Linux Applications
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Windows applications will not work on linux, period. You’ll need to find linux versions of the software you want to use or find an alternative.
no the applications written for windows won’t work in linux.
go to download.cnet.com where you can find a lot of softwares for your needs.
As the other have said you cannot run windows programs directly in linux, but you can install wine and it can run some windows programs with more or less success. You can install wine in ubuntu by using synaptic.
A large number of windows type programs are available for installation in ubuntu but I don’t believe there is any way to run encarta in linux.
Good luck
Linux is not Windows, Windows is not Linux. It is the same as trying to play XBox 360 games on a PS3 or PS3 games on a XBox 360 (it just won’t happen, they talk different languages (from a computer point of view)).
There are ways to run Windows programs on Linux but they don’t work as well as they would run on Windows. If you can’t live without MS Encarta then you need to download PlayOnLinux (you can install it from the Synaptic Package Manager (Main Menu -> System -> Administration)) and install the program through it. Your best bet is to find the Linux equivalent of your Windows programs (like using Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org ) instead of MS Encarta).
You have been misled if you were told that Linux is a "drop in" replacement for windows. It is not. Details in the reference.
When I work on customer computers who want Linux, I always suggest dual boot systems, that way you retain the best of both systems. Why settle for less, when it is not necessary. They both compliment each other in one way or another and there is no sense in running programs like Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) to try and run Windows programs in Linux. Wine does not stop some Windows popups from showing up on the Linux system you are using, especially the fake and false advertising popups that say you have an infected system and displays it’s doing a hard drive scan.
try downloading "crossover" that might help,also try Linux Mint 8, download the main edition version and burn to cd , this edition has codecs for multimedia.