Re: [seul-edu] wine testing efforts

[Matt Drew <mdrew@redhat.com>]

Harry McGregor wrote:
> All of the Edmark software can be worked around, by running it as a
> window, and having the kids windowshade between areas.  This has worked
> for the past 3-4 years, though I have not looked in to the exact wine
> issues that cause it.

Matt == wine noob

How do I run in windowed mode?  Red Hat Linux 7.3 operates with a wine 
service running and the kernel module binfmt_misc to ID the files -- 
currently I just run the executable, the kernel module picks up that it 
is a Windows executable, and calls wine.  I should be able to pass 
command line parameters somewhere in the call, though -- I'll look into it.

> Also if you run full screen, depending on your window manager, you can
> use alt-tab to force a redraw of the screen.

No dice with this -- sawfish on GNOME.  Is this a KDE thing?

Matt


> 		Harry
> 
> On Tue, 21 May 2002, Matt Drew
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>One of the major things I've run across in the Red Hat pilot is that
>>most of the schools would really like to keep running most of the
>>educational software they have.  If they are interested in moving to
>>Linux, right now this means Wine (with a couple of exceptions).
>>
>>Here are some preliminary Wine testing results from different sites here
>>in North Carolina.  Test platform was RHL 7.3, updated with the 0512
>>build of of the basic Wine (obtained from http://www.linux-easy.com/daily/).
>>
>>If anyone has tried any similar applications or has done some serious
>>testing, I'd love to hear about it.
>>
>>We should probably database-ize this at some point. :)
>>
>>Note that the commercial Codeweavers Crossover product
>>(www.codeweavers.com) is known to handle Office much better than the
>>basic Wine.
>>
>>*****
>>
>>Microsoft Office 2000:  Partially functional
>>
>>Office 2000 installs fairly well.  DO NOT install the Office Assistant
>>-- he will crash Wine everytime he starts up.  If you don't have an
>>Everything Red Hat Linux install, there are complaints about fonts --
>>looking into this.  Even with the font problems, the apps seem okay.
>>Known working:
>>
>>Word 2000
>>Excel 2000
>>PowerPoint 2000
>>
>>OLE functionality (cross-program transfers, like putting an Excel
>>spreadsheet into an Word Document) does not appear to work.  Access and
>>FrontPage both require IE 3.0 or higher -- the IE 5.0 installation
>>included with my CD did NOT work, so those two are out for the time being.
>>
>>This is probably the easiest of applications to replace (OpenOffice.org,
>>StarOffice) in the grand scheme of things because most people do not use
>>90% of the included functionality.  The major block we've run into is
>>that some business education units concentrate on Microsoft
>>certification and application-specific training.
>>
>>*****
>>
>>Riverdeep Pre-K software:
>>
>>Riverdeep/Edmark "ABCs and 123s" -- seems to be fully functional on 7.3
>>(with updated wine)
>>
>>Riverdeep/Edmark "Trudy's Time and Place House" -- partially functional
>>on updated RHL7.3, has a redraw issue that prevents proper function.
>>
>>Riverdeep/Edmark "Sammy's Science House" -- partially functional on
>>updated RHL7.3, has a redraw issue that prevents proper function.
>>
>>Riverdeep/Edmark "Millie's Math House" -- partially functional on
>>updated RHL7.3, has a redraw issue that prevents proper function.
>>
>>Riverdeep/Edmark "Travel the World with Timmy! Deluxe" -- nonfunctional
>>under updated RHL7.3, needs DirectX 7.0 or better(winex?)
>>
>>Riverdeep/Edmark "Thinkin' Things: Toony the Loon's Lagoon" --
>>nonfunctional on RHL7.3, but also nonfunctional on Windows system, so
>>status is unknown (corrupted CD?  incompatibility with Win98?).
>>
>>
>>I was disappointed in how this turned out.  Most of this software is or
>>was very recently Win3.1 compatible, which would imply better Wine
>>compatibility in my mind.
>>
>>*****
>>
>>Orchard Software:
>>
>>Nonfunctional.  The demo installs, but apparently the database fails to
>>initialize and you can't get to any of the lessons.  I'm still working
>>on this one, because it is important here in NC.
>>
>>*****
>>
>>NCS Mentor for Virginia Schools:
>>
>>Mostly functional.  A couple of minor display issues, but the program
>>works, even running off of a Samba share.
>>
>>*****
>>
>>SIFS -- a Windows-based Student Information System in use in Virginia.
>>Appears to be fully functional, but probably needs further testing.
>>
>>*****
>>
>>SIMS -- a DOS-based SIS.  Folks here have it running with
>>dosemu/FreeDOS, there are issues with printing (should be solved) and
>>with backup, which is done with a Zip disk.  We also have contact with
>>the maintainer, so this should be okay.
>>
>>
>>--
>>Matt Drew
>>Red Hat, Inc
>>Education Pilot Tech Coordinator
>>(919)880-7736 (cell)
>>(919)754-3700 x44192
>>mdrew@redhat.com
>>
> 
> 
> --
> Harry McGregor, CEO, Co-Founder
> Hmcgregor@osef.org, (520) 661-7875 (CELL)
> Open Source Education Foundation, http://www.osef.org
> 
> 



-- 
Matt Drew
Red Hat, Inc
Education Pilot Tech Coordinator
(919)880-7736 (cell)
(919)754-3700 x44192
mdrew@redhat.com