Mac users may be interested in these tools that run Windows. Parallels: Run Windows in a virtual machine inside Mac OS. Bootcamp: Boot up your Mac with either Mac OS or Windows. The most recent version on which Open Dental was running on Linux was 5.6. The information below is from that time period and has not been updated. Buy or renew CrossOver Mac or CrossOver Linux to run Windows applications and games. Subscription plans starting as low as $39.95 USD.
Yes. It's always been possible to run Linux on Macs as long as you use a version that is compatible with the Mac hardware. Most Linux applications run on compatible versions of Linux. You can start at www.linux.org.
You can run several different versions of *nixes on Intel Macs using the Parallels Desktop for Mac virtual machine software (www.parallels.com) as well as all extant versions of Windows and a few other operating systems.
You can directly install any compatible version of Linux directly on a separate partition and set up a dual-boot system.
Then, of course, you can look for compatible versions of software that run directly on OS X or through the X11 windowing system. OS X is essentially a version of Unix. There is an OS X version of SPICE.
You can run several different versions of *nixes on Intel Macs using the Parallels Desktop for Mac virtual machine software (www.parallels.com) as well as all extant versions of Windows and a few other operating systems.
You can directly install any compatible version of Linux directly on a separate partition and set up a dual-boot system.
Then, of course, you can look for compatible versions of software that run directly on OS X or through the X11 windowing system. OS X is essentially a version of Unix. There is an OS X version of SPICE.
Run Linux Programs On Mac
Oct 18, 2006 9:03 PM