Coldfusion Studio on Linux???

[starwarsdad]

I am considering taking a break from the "Windows world". I am frankly getting bored with it and frustrated with new licensing and privacy issues. I am by no means an expert, but I know more than enough to do my job and run my network without using it on my desktop every day.

I am looking into making a switch to Linux on my desktop. I know that WINE can be configured to run some Windows apps, but how difficult is it these days?

My primary concerns are Coldfusion Studio 5, Adobe Acrobat 6, and Photoshop 7. These are apps that I cannot work without, and I do not have the time to learn "replacements".

I see that Codeweavers is offering something that will allow me to run Photoshop, but they do not support CF Studio.

Is there an easy way to get Studio up and running, or would this be a project to work on at home and keep 2000 for my production OS?

 

[starwarsdad]

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[notfred]

Moving to Linux and running your critical software in an emulator is a bad move, IMO. Have you ever tried to use Wine? You'll end up spending more time configuring it than you will getting work done...

Here's info on compatability with wine and photoshop, acrobat, and coldfusion.

There is only one other OS besides Windows that will run this stuff well, and it's not linux. All these apps run on MacOS X. Of course, that would require that you buy new hardware, but at least you'd be productive.

 

[darktubbly]

To second what notfred has said...don't do it. Wine's great when you can get it to work, but it *is* an emulator. If you really want to try Linux, you're going to have to end up learning new stuff. Don't switch to Linux just because of the cool-factor...if your apps don't work, you're dead in the water. As a sidenote, Gimp as a Photoshop alternative isn't too bad.

 

[Nothinman]

Wine's great when you can get it to work, but it *is* an emulator.

Wine is not an emulator, that's even what it's name stands for. It's a Win32 PE loader and Win32 API implementation, it doesn't emulate anything.

 

[darktubbly]

From Websters...

Em·u·late: To imitate the function of (another system), as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system.

Noth·ing·man: Autocorrect.

 

[Nothinman]

Take sockets for instance, almost all systems have an implementation of BSD sockets for IP networking, does that mean all OSes after the first one to have BSD sockets are emulating BSD sockets?

 

[starwarsdad]

I actually have a couple of G4s that I use for graphics work.

All of my web coding is done on PCs though and I would like to stay on a PC. The only negative thing I can say about Macs is money related. Before anyone jumps on me saying that I must be doing OK to have a couple of G4s, they belong to my employer.

One other app that I need is a software rip. I currently run Wasatch and love it. We do large format printing and that is my responsibilty too

I am going to get my home system up and running then try to figure out how to get my apps working there.

I am still not sure what distro to run. I have RH 8 & 9, Mandrake 9.1, College Linux, and Gentoo burned.

I have heard that Gentoo is tough to get up and running, but the idea of compiling everything for my particular architecture is very tempting.

 

[darktubbly]

Nothingman, while you are indeed correct, the topic of this discussion is Coldfusion Studio on Linux???, not Let's nitpick semantics and install Debian.


starwarsdad, Wine is not an emulator, but an "Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix." You can get to the web page by searching in Google for Linux Windows emulator. Check the application compatibility lists shown there, making sure to read what other users have posted.

If you just want to get your feet wet in Linux without installing it, I would suggest Knoppix, a full distro of Linux that runs completely off the CD. You can test out Wine there and see what apps run well. If you really like it, there's an option to install it later on.

 

[MrChad]

Are there specific aspects of ColdFusion studio that you cannot live without, beyond syntax highlighting and code hints? Studio is a fairly basic IDE, and I'm sure there are native Linux options available that could replace it.

 

[starwarsdad]

Mostly code hints and tag completion. I am still learning CF and need all the help I can get. Having the documentation helps too

 

[Nothinman]

the topic of this discussion is Coldfusion Studio on Linux???, not Let's nitpick semantics and install Debian.

Every thread should have an obligatory "install Debian".

It's not really semantics, emulating something and having a native implementation of it are different things and WINE is working on a Win32 implementation not emulation.

but the idea of compiling everything for my particular architecture is very tempting.

But also very pointless, very few apps get any benefit at all from being compiled by you. The only ones that might can be compiled on any other distro, like in Debian you would just type 'apt-source -b galeon' to download the source and compiled a Galeon package.