blacknblue wrote:So far I have been trying out random Windows programs with no particular rhyme or reason. I have not found anything that does not work as well or better on Wine 1.10 than it does on Vista. But I have not tried anything like Office 2008, or the latest Photoshop, or AutoCAD. I just don't own those. I have tried things like a variety of popular games, and several word processors, and several utilities. I have also tried several music and video players.
Thing is, a lot of it is redundant since the programs I am trying out already have a Linux version. Like Open Office. It has versions out for every OS under the sun already. Same for most of the music players, cd burning software, etc. They already have Linux versions out there. The games work fine of course, but they have been working fine on Wine for a long time already.
Actually, in all honesty, what impedes me from moving to Linux is the fact that, at least as far as I'm aware, learning how to build a Linux distro is takes more time than learning to use Apache, learning to host an FTP by command line, and learning C++ combined.
I'm pretty damn patient, but man, what the hell. Every linux nerd I've ever met is the "I learned it the hard, annoying, time-consuming, painstakingly skull-pounding way, screw off, you learn that way too" type, and not a half-assed worthwhile how-to or tutorial exists that I've ever laid eyes on.
If Wine is an OS you can install without learning to write a TV novela in a programming language, I'll jump, otherwise, I'll keep passin the Linux train on by.