>>>>> "AZ" == Andy Zbikowski <(Zibby)" <zibby+tclug at ringworld.org>> writes:

    AZ>I'd be careful about using WINE.  The security guides all
    AZ> suggest thatemulators are a big no-no.  The problem is that
    AZ> they all must bust theUnix protection model pretty much.
    AZ> There must be a mess of stuff inthere running suid root, at
    AZ> the very least.... | XMMS runs fine.  IMHO if you have to
    AZ> run musicmatch, I'd recommendrunning windows.

    AZ> But...  Wine Is Not an Emulator. :) From my limited
    AZ> understanding it maps the windows system calls to their Linux
    AZ> equivlents, allowing the windows binary to run nativly. AFAIK,
    AZ> you don't need any setuid stuff to run wine.

Cool!  Thanks for putting me right on this.  Still, I always get an
icky feeling using this sort of thing.  Windows has such a different
(NT) or non-existent (plain Windows) security/access model, that I
prefer to Just Say No.  Like you 

    AZ> I'm sticking with grip, xmms, and Ogg Vorbis myself. :)

R