[RNLD] Consult -- Running FLEx/LexiquePro/SayMore with CrossOver

[David Nash]

I am happily using VirtualBox https://www.virtualbox.org on my 
MacBookPro to run FLEx and other Windows applications which require the 
.NET framework. (For earlier/simpler Windows applications like Toolbox 
or LexiquePro I use WINE https://www.winehq.org/, because that is 
simpler -- when it works!)  The catch with virtualisers like VirtualBox 
that a purchased Windows is required for installation.
David

On 8/9/17 08:04, John Mansfield wrote:
> Hi Jorge!
>
> There are two different types of software, Windows *emulators* and 
> Windows *virtualisers*. An emulator is like something that can pretend 
> to be WIndowsy enough to run a Windows program, whereas a virualiser 
> actually establishes a Windows OS living on top of your Mac OS.
>
> CrossOver and Wine are, I think, emulators. They run Toolbox, but not 
> Flex. Flex needs a virtualiser. I ran it with a virtualiser called 
> VMWare for a while. This was okay but it got really slow - not sure if 
> this was a problem inherent to the software, or to do with running 
> virtualisers on our networked uni computers.
>
> I now just keep a basic Windows laptop just for running Flex. Maybe 
> this seems crazy, but such computers are pretty cheap, and I found it 
> to be the neatest solution.
>
> j
>
> On 8 September 2017 at 06:35, Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada 
> <jrosesla at uwo.ca <mailto:jrosesla at uwo.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Dear everyone,
>
>     My university's IT department has suggested using CrossOver
>     (https://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover-mac
>     <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/K41rBvSLnv0kh9?domain=codeweavers.com>)
>     to run the SIL Windows-only software FLEx, LexiquePro, and SayMore
>     on our new lab computers.
>
>     I've done a bit of browsing online and it seems like that won't
>     work? I also tried installing FLEx with the trial version of
>     CrossOver and the installation failed so I thought I'd send an
>     email to the list in case anyone has been successful in getting
>     this to work.
>
>     If you have gotten to work, I'd love to hear back from you.
>
>     If you have not, what do you use? Parallels? Something else?
>
>     All the best,
>     Jorge
>     -------------
>     Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada
>     Assistant Professor, Indigenous Language Sustainability
>     Department of Linguistics
>     University of Alberta
>     Tel: (+1) 780-492-5698 <tel:%28780%29%20492-5698>
>     jrosesla at ualberta.ca <mailto:jrosesla at ualberta.ca>
>
>     *The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on
>     Treaty 6 territory, **and respects the history, languages, and
>     cultures of the First Nations, Métis, Inuit, **and all First
>     Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our
>     institution.*
>
>

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