Using windows-software under Fedora

[Sebastiaan Waanders]

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