[B-Greek] Bible Software FOR LINUX?

william zeitler william at faithfulbible.com
Wed Oct 5 14:52:52 EDT 2005


I am currently running Logos under Linux (Mandriva 10.1) using VMWare.

I looked at Wine, and it is very picky about what will run under it, and it is 
no picnic to set up. (Note: you must struggle with new config files to run 
each and every Windows program you want to run. Ugh!! There's a tool that's 
supposed to help you do this, but I couldn't get that to work.)

VMWare, however, installs absolutely painlessly. It doesn't emulate a Windows 
machine, it emulates a BARE BOX, on which you install Windows. (Or the Intel 
based OS of your choice.) It has been flawless. I haven't yet found a windows 
program that won't run just fine, thank you, although they specifically say 
that programs requiring unusual hardware, and games that bypass the operating 
system to get more performance (which is common) are not supported. Fair 
enough! Because it is emulating a bare box, the emulation layer is very thin 
and thus very fast.

VMWare has a fully functional 30 day trial, so you can try the real thing to 
be sure it works for you. 

william zeitler





On Tuesday 04 October 2005 09:25 am, Michael Matsko wrote:
> On the other hand, there are two (at least) ways to run Windows programs
> on Linux.  First, there's wine (www.winehq.com) which is free and
> emulates Windows system calls and such.  Then there's VMWare which runs
> about $200 and requires a copy of Windows (www.vmware.com).  This
> creates a virtual machine as a process in Linux.  Both will allow you to
> run Windows programs on Linux.  Wine can be annoying but, I think, has
> gotten better over the years.  VMWare works, but makes you run Windows
> and is a little slower than native.
>
> In the Windows world BibleWorks (www.bibleworks.com) is great, given you
> have to use some Windows emulator.  They have a discussion forum and
> Linux comes up every few months, so you can check there for more
> specific info.
>
> Mike Matsko
> Rosslyn, VA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at juno.com>
> Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2005 10:51 am
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Bible Software FOR LINUX?
>
> > On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 08:55:38 -0400 "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at ioa.com>
> >
> > writes:
> > > I think responders need to take note of the header, which clearly
> > >
> > > indicates what the post itself did NOT make clear: that the
> >
> > request
> >
> > > is for LINUX, not for Windows or Mac.
> > >
> > > On Oct 4, 2005, at 8:29 AM, Daniel Geer wrote:
> > > > A program called BibleTime has been around for several years.
> >
> > It
> >
> > > is
> > >
> > > > part
> > > > of the Sword Project, a free Bible program for windows.
> >
> > BibleTime
> >
> > > is
> > >
> > > > available in rpms or tarballs. You can find all you need,
> > >
> > > including
> > >
> > > > Bibles and commentaries, at www.crosswire.org. Just check out the
> > > > download section. It is possible that your distribution already
> > >
> > > has a
> > >
> > > > BibleTime program add-on.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Rev. Daniel Geer, Children's Pastor
> > > > Heartland Christian Center
> > > > Valparaiso, IN
> > > > ---
> > > > B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek
> > > > B-Greek mailing list
> > > > B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> > > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek
> > >
> > > Carl W. Conrad
> > > Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
> > > 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
> > > cwconrad2 at mac.com
> > > WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/
> >
> > _________
> >
> > There are some frequenters (there is no real "membership") of the
> > LogosNews group who run Libronix (the Logos engine) under Linux
> > using an
> > emulator.
> >
> > george
> > gfsomsel
> > ___________
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