News Comment This is a comment on news story: GNU/Linux Desktop: The Case Against Running Windows Apps It's a reply to comment: MS Windows programs running on Linux by: toxico  I have been using Linux for 7 year now as my almost only Op Sys, 12 machines run Ubuntu or Kubuntu in my lab. I have a couple of machines controlling equipment without Linux alternatives too. But the fact remains that there are 2 MS Windows-only applications that are vital to me: Microcal Origin (less and less these days, but I have lots of data in Origin format that I cannot afford to loose) and Adapt II (A pharmacokinetics modeling environment). Also one of my laptops has a Broadcom WiFi chip (I now, there is a Linux native driver but its bad) and a fast Belkin Pre-N WiFi card in another laptop and in a PC which have no Linux drivers at all so I have to rely on ndiswrapper. Also, many would like to have Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Photoshop in Linux versions (I must admit Gimp is perfect to my needs). So, Which is the best choice? Do I return my 12 machines to MS Windows or use Wine/Crossover?. Being a Linux evangelist is one thing, but being unrealistic is quite another.
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