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madokie

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4. Me, ubuntu, wine and autocad get along just fine

Reply to bemildred (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 09:20 PM

Jan 2012

what I wonder is if whatever I buy if Ubuntu will have all the drivers for it.
I figured out how to run autocad2000 on ubuntu 10.10 using wine and it works as good as it does running on XP. Autocad2000 was written for windows 95/98 to begin with so it doesn't run native in anything except 95/98 and I sure ain't going back to either of those so I have to run it in compatible mode in xp or windows7 so why not just use wine

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Thinking of a new laptop [View all] madokie Jan 2012 OP

Are you going to dual boot it? bemildred Jan 2012 #1

Me, ubuntu, wine and autocad get along just fine madokie Jan 2012 #4

Auto desk makes Microsoft look like open source software Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #2

I'm running it under wine madokie Jan 2012 #3

Thanks! We're running it in Parallels. It runs faster than on a native WinBox on my MacPro. Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #5

Watch out for older versions of Autocad angryfirelord Jan 2012 #6