-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 thus James A. Peltier spake: > On Mon, 29 Mar 2010, Rahul Tidke wrote: > > <snip> > >> I agree with above facts. But, how do Red Hat provides interoperability in >> its desktop edition http://www.redhat.com/rhel/desktop/ ? It says that it >> supports third party apps and MS apps/environment. What software and >> technologies are used in RHEL for this? I just want to explore the >> possibilities for using CentOS as a full fledged desktop OS. I have been >> using CentOS as a server since very long time. >> >> Rahul. > > Red Hat uses Wine, but only to support the most commonly used Windows > applications like Office, Photoshop, etc. Engineering applications like > AutoCAD are not your "typical" application set and are not but a single > blip on the radar. > > Install Windows on KVM and try your apps. That's the best answer I have > for you or that you are likely to get. I tried it before, a bit over a > year ago and it completely sucked (due to reasons stated before). > > I have been using UNIX, BSD and GNU/Linux as a desktop OS for over 10 > years. I don't do CAD/Visualization frequently, but when I do I use > Windows on hardware. Ten years ago the last stanza would have been different; remember Sun, SGI, and HP hardware. (Well, some people still use Solaris and HP-UX for such purposes today, I recently saw a TV documentary about glaciers where on of the scientists show some technical stuff on an C8000 :). Timo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFLsFRefg746kcGBOwRAvxuAJkBUYPsnLU+lX2h3p2g1UTk9M8UxgCcD7S9 rNXhwIRSaFcaC96NTb5s/Qo= =pH1b -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----