Using windows-software under Fedora

[Robin Laing]

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
> 

If you do some searching you will find some Linux native programs that 
will do most of the functions of the above programs.  I haven't had a 
chance to work with the ones I have seen but I do know there are 
programs that will work with Matlab files.  I think the one is Scilab.

http://scilabsoft.inria.fr/



-- 
Robin Laing