[cw-discuss] Adobe products under Linux?

[Harish Pillay]

Scott -

Hi.

> I have a 32 GB, dual quad-core desktop machine and was considering 32-bit
> Windows XP w/SP2, but discovered it only supports up to 4 GB RAM, so that idea
> is shot.
>
> Next in line is 64-bit CentOS 5.   The major need for Windows would be very
> active use of Adobe Acrobat 8, Photoshop CS3, and Illustrator CS3.
>
> There may also be the need to copy/transfer information among Matlab,
> Mathematica, and Microsoft-based applications, from Office 2003 to the
> above-mentioned ones.
>
> How well does crossover office handle such tasks?
>
> Based on your answers, I'll know whether to go with a virtual
> machine-based solution, which means a Windows VM, or can remain
> Linux-only, with a cw solution.

You might want to give RHEL 5.1 a shot with the increased performance of
the Xen based virtualization as part of the deal.  I am sure the amount of
memory that can be addressed is limited by what the guest OS can do,
but atleast with RHEL5.1 and Xen, you can have a WinXP guest (one or
more) running concurrently with the ability to do live migration if needed
etc etc etc (all at no additional cost).

HTH.
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