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Linux mint and turbolister

jillywinkle — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:32:16 GMT

Does anyone use Linux mint?? If so, is it compatible with turbolister? I downloaded turbo but get a file error message. I am assuming it's not compatible but just thought I would ask. New to linux as well, so forgive me being dumbo about it....jilly

Re: Linux mint and turbolister

tstreetstore — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:26:40 GMT

turbolister only works on windows

Re: Linux mint and turbolister

davewil1964 — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 06:07:47 GMT

Can you put a Windows partition on your hard drive? For all those pesky programs that don't run on Linux.

Re: Linux mint and turbolister

ausfast — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:30:03 GMT

I am not that familiar with Linux myself but my understanding is that you can use a program called WINE which allows you to run Windows applications on Linux: http://www.winehq.org

Re: Linux mint and turbolister

phorum_junkie* — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:54:59 GMT

You also need IE installed to use TL

Re: Linux mint and turbolister

itsretrodarling — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:46:05 GMT

Oh thanks for all the replies. Appreciate it. Yes, I do have wine on there....and I might get my geeky friend to partition and run basic windows parallel. Is there such a thing as basic windows though...ha..I eventually discovered TL is not sympatico with linux. Still learning how to use it....I like it...might stick the parallel windows on my mac though....more space on the drive. Thanks guys...and gals...jilly

Re: Linux mint and turbolister

falconsportspack — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:34:43 GMT

I'm running Linux Mint 13, Jilly. An easier way would be to install "Virtualbox" into your Linux Mint distro, install "Windows" into that. then Turbolister into Windows. You'll find Virtualbox in the Synaptic Package Manager - Mint menu > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager.

Doing it this way means you don't have to reboot into Windows just to use Turbolister & then have to reboot again to get back into Linux. You just open Virtualbox & start Windows, & when you're finished listing, close the Virtualbox window. When installed, Virtualbox will be in "Accessories" in Mint Menu.

Re: Linux mint and turbolister

tstreetstore — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 23:33:15 GMT

If you have a mac then i'd suggest looking at purchasing garagesale for mac as a turbolister substitute.

This will save you buying a copy of both parallels and windows just to run auction listing software.

Re: Linux mint and turbolister

itsretrodarling — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:23:13 GMT

thanks very much for your answers falcon and tstreet.....I will do both I think...use the visual etc thingie, which a friend also told me about...and in the mac do garage sale...i love linux ... my laptop was just about dead with windows 7 on it...and my geeky friend installed linux for me. No problems anymore...its fabulous....windows is such a pain....cheers and thanks again...appreciated lots...jilly