1 / 50

Wine or Leaving Windows Behind? Bring your apps with you!

Wine or Leaving Windows Behind? Bring your apps with you!. Dan Kegel Cebit 2009 Very hyperlinked presentation online at www.kegel.com/cebit The opinions expressed in this talk are my own, and not those of my employer Pay attention, there will be a quiz at the end.

carr
Download Presentation

Wine or Leaving Windows Behind? Bring your apps with you!

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. WineorLeaving Windows Behind? Bring your apps with you! Dan Kegel Cebit 2009 Very hyperlinked presentation online atwww.kegel.com/cebit The opinions expressed in this talk are my own, and not those of my employer Pay attention, there will be a quiz at the end

  2. The world is changing...Linux is spreading beyond servers

  3. The world fell in love with Windows in 1995...

  4. But now HP uses Ubuntu Linux on the $280 Mini Mi netbook

  5. And Dell uses Ubuntu Linux on the $250 Mini 9n netbook

  6. Why did Dell and HP choose Linux? Isn't it geeky and hard to use?

  7. Windows Vista doesn't fit on most netbooks

  8. Windows costs netbook vendors $20-$50 per unitwhich hurts their bottom line

  9. Microsoft limits Windows netbooks to 1GB RAM, 1GHz CPU 10.2” Screen, no DirectX 10 to protect sales of more expensive computers

  10. Windows-only websites used to be common,but Firefox and Webkit are making that rare

  11. Linux now easy to usethanks to vendors like Ubuntu

  12. Linux now comes with a capable free office suite

  13. But why should you try Linux?

  14. Linux comes with thousands of appsand free updates

  15. You're free to install Linuxwherever and whenever you like

  16. You're even encouraged to share Linux with your friends

  17. Any programmer in the world can fix or improve Linux

  18. Linux upgrades never forced New versions of Ubuntu always free

  19. Linux has ~1% as many viruses

  20. Munich, Niedersachsen, France, Spain,China, Russia, Brazilare using desktop LinuxReasons: flexibility, independence, cost

  21. OK, I'm convinced, I should try Linux.But there's just one more thing:

  22. I need this one app, can I take it with me?

  23. You could use VMWare and Windows,but then you still have to deal with Windows licensing and upgrades

  24. Linux cloned UnixCan't we clone Windows, too?

  25. With Wine, Linux now runs many apps. Just add it in "Add/Remove Applications"

  26. But isn't Wine complicated to use?

  27. To install a Windows app, just double-click its installer

  28. The app then shows up in the menu

  29. And its files show up in wine's C: directory

  30. Here's what Firefox's files look like

  31. Wine is a work in progress WineHQ.org is where to go for support

  32. Wine's App Database is your friendCheck here before trying a new app

  33. The appdb says Powerpoint 2007 needs a configuration tweak and wine-1.1.14 or later

  34. Newer versions of Wine can be downloaded from winehq.org

  35. Tweaks are done with WinecfgSix mouse clicks and one word later, Powerpoint is happy

  36. Missing libraries or fonts can be installed with Winetricks

  37. Wine is free?But programmers have to eat!How can free software be sustained? Heinzelmaennchen?

  38. Free software can be sustained if the community is large enough

  39. The Wine team is dozens of volunteersplus ~10 paid programmers

  40. But should you try Wine?

  41. Things That Don't Work Yet:WPF / XAMLSome copy protection schemesSome USB drivers (e.g. iPhone sync)Win64 supportDirect3D 10

  42. Ifyou need dozens of apps to work perfectlyoryou don't want to help track down problemsthenWine probably isn't ready for you

  43. Ifyou need a few apps to work perfectlyandyou are willing to help track down problemsthenWine might be ready for you

  44. But first, try to switch from Windows apps to open source or Web apps because direct support is always better

  45. Case studies

  46. Kindl & partneři Advokátní kancelář Chomutov,Czech Republic Computers: 10 Native Apps: Firefox, OpenOffice Wine apps: ASPI (Czech legal software)

  47. Xavier School Manila, Philippines Computers: 600 Native Apps: Firefox, OpenOffice, Notes Wine apps: Winplot + custom VB6 apps

  48. City of Munich Germany Computers: Windows(12800), Linux(1200) Apps: Firefox (all), OpenOffice (8000) Wine: GeoInfo, WS_FTP, a legal app (250)

  49. What if something goes wrong?

  50. Under constructionSee html presentation for rest

More Related