Linux® Desktop Garage

Chapter 13. Running Windows Applications

I work in the downtown section of a medium-size city. Sometimes leaving work and walking down the street is a gauntlet of entreaties and demands. I dodge petitioners asking for my signature. I slide past street preachers working to save my soul. Up ahead I can spot donation seekers lying in wait. This is the everyday challenge of the modern American city dweller. Sometimes the sights and characters can be entertaining, and even perplexing, enough to make the inconvenience worthwhile.

One day I saw a street performer of such enormous talent that I stood speechless in the reflected glow of her genius—well, actually, I stood stifling a giggle and moved to where I could watch her less obviously.

The older ...