On Friday 03 June 2011 23:16, Todd Carnes ([email protected]) opined: > On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:11:24 -0600, Bob Melson wrote: > >> The problem is that you won't know in advance which programs will run >> and which won't. > > Well, actually, most of the time you can just look in Wine's AppDatabase > (http://appdb.winehq.org/) to see if your particular program will work. > > Todd The problem is that the database is not exhaustive - it merely reflects for the most part what the user community reports as working under WINE. Good as far as it goes, but that isn't terribly far. Swell Ol' Bob -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes -- Thomas Paine