Finale on a Linux PC?

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saxofon
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Post by saxofon » Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:40 pm

Hi, tired of using windows.Can you use the Mac-Version of Finale on a PC with Linux? (Ubuntu or something else)
Or do you need wine?


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Post by Bill Reed » Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:30 pm

Why not just use the Windows version on Windows?
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Post by motet » Tue Nov 17, 2020 2:02 am

There's VirtualBox that will let you run a Windows VM on Linux. That might work. Or conversely, you could run Linux on a VM under Windows and be sure Finale would work. Thirdly, Microsoft now has "Linux Subsystem for Windows" which gives you shell-like features.

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Post by miker » Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:25 pm

Bill Reed wrote:
Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:30 pm
Why not just use the Windows version on Windows?
Or the Mac version on Mac?
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