I have been using CodeWeavers on trial for a while now to get Office and the like working under Linux however I couldn’t quite bring myself to buying it since I’m also using Transgaming’s Codega as well. However a few days ago CodeWeaver’s announced that iTunes support went gold so I was compelled to give it a go.
Since I’m running 64-bit Ubuntu I have to run CrossOffice in a 32-bit root jail, which I worked out how to do thanks to the Ubuntu and Debian mailing lists and howtos. Most of things that only come as 32-bit binaries work fine in this environment, mainly RealPlayer, CrossOffice and Codega. I uninstalled CrossOffice and installed the 4.0 release after paying for it (only $39), since I was feeling brave.
Installed Office again and a bunch of other apps just to prove that it worked fine. Once I was happy with it I installed iTunes, now the mistake I made here was that I used the 4.7 installer I had downloaded already. This of course did not work, clicking on a track renders iTunes in a hung state. So I checked the CrossOffice supported apps database and realised that it only supports 4.6, so I used the download/install feature in CrossOffice, after which it started to work.
However after a bit of use it sort of hangs, which is a little upsetting. Will keep my eyes posted on updates and news.
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