H.T. Petter wrote: > > A day ago I installed FC2 on an older computer to serve as a > > fileserver. Now I have seen Fedora ( linux in general i think) and i > > really like it. At least a lot better than WindowsXP. Therefore i > > would like to use Fedora on my notebook, but there lies my problem. > > This notebook is my "main-computer" which i also have to use for my > > education. Is there a possibility to use the following > > windows-software in fedora ( And i mean IN Fedora, not keeping windows > > in a dual-boot configuration) > > Solidworks 2003 > > Maple 8 > > Matlab > > Mathcad 2001 > > Or maybe there are general solutions that would work for all software. > > And if so, would they also work with games ( like Grand Theft Auto 3, > > need for speed etc. ) > > > > > > Harm-Tido > > A nice alternative for Matlab would be Octave [1]. However, there is a linux-build for Matlab. This is not free software, however... Good luck, and if you find some more alternatives... regards, -sebastiaan
