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eWeek has posted an article on Windows software under Linux



The state of software support for Linux has gotten pretty good-for me, it's gotten good enough that the only Linux-unfriendly application for which I pine is the Launchcast streaming music service I've mentioned in previous columns on Codeweavers Crossover Office and on app interoperability in general. However, my own business computing needs don't stray too far from the core, which OpenOffice, Evolution and Mozilla provide for very well.

My Crossover Office column drew a good deal of mail from readers stuck with particular Windows-only applications, and it's likely that every Linux user encounters certain applications that they must or would like to run for which the Linux platform is persona non grata.
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