CrossOver Linux Professional allows you to install your favorite Windows office applications in Linux. In particular CrossOver Linux Professional supports Microsoft Office, which includes Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. CrossOver Linux Professional also supports Microsoft Visio, Lotus Notes, and several other packages.
CrossOver Linux Professional delivers a complete web browsing experience by making the full range of Windows Web Browser Plugins available on Linux. Plugins are programs that extend the capabilities of a browser or email client -- for example, to play movies or view Word documents.
CrossOver works by running the actual Windows applications. Because no CPU emulation is involved they run at full speed on your system. They also integrate with your mail client and desktop environment, making it possible to view Word, Excel or PowerPoint attachments, or to open these file types from the KDE or Gnome desktop or file managers. CrossOver Linux Professional further acts as a bridge between the native browser (e.g. Mozilla) and Windows plugins (e.g. QuickTime) so that you can use them in your favorite browser.
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CrossOver Linux Professional also includes support for multiple bottles. A bottle is a virtual Windows environment with its own isolated C: drive, fonts, registry, and software. Bottles are especially useful when installing unsupported software or when testing the behavior of a new application. They can also be used to run different versions of the same program (Internet Explorer, for example) at the same time. |
CrossOver Linux Professional is easy to install, and requires a small footprint on the system. Its minimum requirements are as follows:
An x86 based Linux distribution based on glibc 2.3 or greater
Perl 5 or greater
IJG JPEG library (libjpeg)
Python 2.4
gtk 2.10
pygtk 2.10
It is also recommended that you have a web browser installed. For the plugin functionality, we recommend:
Netscape 4.7x or greater
Netscape 6.1 or greater
Mozilla 1.2 or greater
Galeon or SkipStone based on Mozilla 1.2 or greater
Konqueror 2.2.2 or greater
Opera 5.05 or greater
40MB of available disk space (plus space for the Windows applications)
64MB of RAM