[Novalug] reverse linux question

[b b]

(i don't usually reply to my own postings, but wanted
to add this)

- ran across a pleasant surprise yesterday... after
purchasing a new Sony DSC-S700 digital camera, i stuck
the Sony install CD-ROM into my Ubuntu 6.10 notebook,
clicked on the install.exe icon, and Wine took over...


- ran through the install, then used wine to run the
Sony editing software... my camera was detected and
software imported my photos... i was also able to
organize, edit, export, and slideshow my pics...

- in other words, a perfectly functioning app!

- of course, the fact that i won't use it is another
matter (there are better Linux digicam clients)...

:-)

--- b b <linux_author at yahoo.com> wrote:

> - a Software Install From Satan™ will typically wipe
> out any 'nix partition...
> 
> - but if all one wants to do is run MSOrifice™, then
> i'd use:
> 
> http://www.codeweavers.com
> 
> hth!
> 
> (MSFT-free for 13 years!)
> 
> --- Nino Pereira <pereira at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > my question is exactly the opposite of what I
> should
> > ask:
> > I blame that on my son.
> > 
> > Some time ago I loaned him my linux laptop
> computer.
> > It turns
> > out that he never figured out how to use the
> system.
> > For him it's
> > a pain in the ^(7r: his whole world uses Windows,
> > and the various
> > conversions (between, say, OpenOffice and Word)
> are
> > too bothersome.
> > 
> > So, my question is: how do I add Windows? or, as
> he
> > tells me,
> > his question is: how do you get linux off the
> > machine and Windows
> > on it.
> > 
> > A painful question, but one for which I have no
> > answer. I have 
> > seen the thread about dual-boot, and ignored it.
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > Nino
> >  
> >   
> > 
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