20th March 2017, 12:50
(20th March 2017, 12:23)rocky7x Wrote: Hi,
I use Virtualbox for years and being very satisfied with it. No issues at all. Using the version from the Ubuntu repositories, not the one from Virtualbox site, though.
As for Office 2010, I use it as well, but via wine - it works flawlessly, so you can maybe try it that way.
As for the HP printer/scanner, I use them as well, via HP Lip - all functions work flawlessly once the proprietary plugin is installed. So if those are only 2 things you need the VM for, maybe you can ditch Windows for good.
The only thing I need VM for are SAP related apps, which are pretty much non-existent for Linux and wine cannot run them properly.
Thank you very much for responding so quickly!
I never succeeded with Wine and Office 2010 and I do not want to spend much time with that. If there is an "idiot-safe" step-by-step guide I might try again in the next weeks.
I have IRIS software for OCR for the HP scanner, that is my concern. I did not find any comparable Linux alternative that also improves scanned image AND OCRs it. Was in contact with Vuescan, but that does not run with Maui and my HP scanner so far.