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#1 User is offline   Linda Icon

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Posted 15 January 2010 - 05:15 PM

My computer died and I have a shiny new computer. I would love to leave Windog behind and just run Linux. Has anyone installed Profile under WINE or a Win emulator? What did you use and what was your experience? Have you heard of anyone successfully running Profile that way? I hope to avoid the Win installation of both Profile and QB.

I am currently running dual boot: Win XP Pro and Ubuntu.
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Posted 15 January 2010 - 05:30 PM

We are having great success using virtual machines on the mac platform.

Good Luck, support runs away really quickly when they find out you are not on a WINTEL machine.

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Posted 15 January 2010 - 05:37 PM

As they should, considering they are not supported platforms. :)

On the other hand, I do believe there was someone running it on an emulator besides Easter. Can't recall who it was though, maybe they still lurk on the forums.
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Posted 15 January 2010 - 09:25 PM

Check out VMware.

It will run under Linux and emulates virtually any operating system. It emulates WinXP better than the genuine Microsoft Windows XP..... and considerably better than WINE.
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 10:54 PM

Thanks for the responses. I will try VirtualBox and let everyone know how it works.
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Posted 24 February 2010 - 01:36 PM

I am currently using vbox, with a vista machine and I am able to use profile and quickbooks....ya!
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Posted 02 April 2010 - 08:46 PM

My husband installed Ubuntu and Virtual Box on my computer. I am running QuickBooks in Virtual Box. I will try running Profile in Virtual Box next year. At the moment I'm having a problem sharing data between Ubuntu and stuff created in the Virtual Box. I don't have time to diagnose that during tax season, oh well.
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