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wine is not virtualisation, dosemu is kind-of  



file access is possible, (dosemu hs couple of different modes, and I'm
fairly sure one of them makes the linux files available)  

I'm assuming you mean they need to be able to launch ltspice.  
I think there's a way you could make a fake "swcad.exe" and have that
launch wine and ltspice when run in dosemu



In my experieince ubuntu 10.04 is worse than UEFI

On Sun, 22 Sep 2013 01:42:49 +0000, Jasen Betts wrote:



I do it with symlinks. My home directory appears in my dosemu as
C:\UNIX.

God, how I hate drive letters, and backslashes. Not to mention 8:3 munged
filenames :-)

On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 21:36:06 +0000, John K wrote:



Dosemu isn't a VM, it's an environment that allows running 16-bit, real
mode DOS applications within the 32-bit linux environment. All dosemu
files are part of the native (EXT, or Reiserfs), filesystem. There's no
FAT filesystem, nor is the CPU ever operating in real mode.

You can access your linux files from dosemu simply by making a symlink to
your home directory, within your dosemu hierarchy.
I'm fairly sure you can launch LTspice in wine, from dosemu, with a
DOS-type batch file, I've not tried it (yet).



I think I've already covered that. Using freedos in dosemu, it just won't
happen. The underlying linux OS still controls time slicing.

If your DOS apps are of your own making, I'd be tempted to rework them as
octave code. Octave can talk to Berkeley Spice, which, admittedly, doesn't
have all the LTspice bells and whistles, but might do what you want.

Thanks for all the good information. For me, XP in a vm is the way to go.  
I can use all the windows programs without having to run wine. I can back  
up the entire vdi file in seconds so it is easy to keep updated backups.  
I can copy the vdi to another computer and have a byte-identical copy  
running on a completely different computer with no change.

More important, I can have several independent vdi's for different  
purposes. One example is for online banking. All the logon info is  
encrypted in Sticky password manager so there is little risk of id theft.  
None of the logon info is stored anywhere else so there is little risk of  
having it stolen.

It only goes to my financial sites and is not used for general browsing  
so there is little risk of id theft. It has none of the vulnerable  
programs such as Flash, PDF, and so on. It has no email so it cannot be  
infected by phishing attempts. It has no LAN capability so it cannot be  
infected from other vdi files on a network. It has no USB interface so it  
cannot be infected by inserting a usbstick.  The vdi file is only used  
for banking and is turned off when done. In other words, the banking vdi  
is deliberately and completely crippled for anything other than the  
occasional banking use.

Many of the worst banking malware, such as Zeus, turn themselves off as  
soon as they detect they are running in virtual mode. This is to protect  
the authors from honeypots.

I can monitor the condition of all the system files in the different  
vdi's so I know if something has been added or changed. This takes only  
seconds so it is easy and convenient to do. I do not have to rely on  
multiple antivirus programs that cannot guarantee there is no infection.

It is backed up with various rootkit detectors so if a malware tries  
hiding, it will be detected. If it doesn't try to hide, it will be  
detected with the first method. If one of the other vdi files happens to  
get infected with a keylogger, it won't do any good. None of the  
keystrokes from one vdi are available to any of the others.

The host runs on Linux and is rarely used for browsing. So there is  
little risk of an infection that might threaten the banking vdi. If there  
was an infection, it could not cross the boundary between Linux and the  
Windows operating system.

I believe this is the most effective way of combining the best features  
of Linux and Windows, and it gives the most secure method of using online  
banking that is possible to achieve.

JK

NVIDIA Tesla K20 is 800 times faster if their website is correct
only 3 and a half grand, but probaly more than 4 after you upgrade the
power supply.

On 09/19/2013 08:23 AM, Jasen Betts wrote:


Cuda and Co. have impressive peak speeds, but good luck running Windows  
on one. ;)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

On Fri, 06 Sep 2013 10:40:11 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@puntnl.niks (Nico Coesel) wrote:



Google gives away Android, right? That was probably a strategic move to damage
Microsoft. It seems to be working.

On Friday, September 6, 2013 4:22:20 PM UTC+2, John Larkin wrote:


Microsoft doesn't seem to need help with that ;)
and while Google gives android away most manufacturers of Android  
device have a license agreement for patents with Microsoft

so for each Android device sold MS gets and estimated 5-8$

-Lasse