[SOLVED] Ubuntu software transfer

[sburk]

i'm downloading Ubuntu desktop edition for windows and was wondering(even if its only on like adifferent install version or a different linux) if there was a way to transfer all my software installed on windows 7 to Ubuntu. That way i dont have to reinstall all my old stuff. And if the programs would work with linux wether i have to reinstall or not.
Heres the programs i was curious about:
Photoshop CS5
Premiere Pro Cs5
Cakewalk Guitar Tracks 4
Guitar Pro 6
Glo Bible Software
Steam

I thought i saw somewhere that alot of windows software is already compatible with linux and i know those would all probably work with wineHQ installed but i was wondering what i could do without and and if i didnt have to reinstall them all.

[oz]

Hello and welcome to the forums!

Windows software won't run on Linux directly, but some software will work with Linux if you run it under WINE:

WineHQ - Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X

You can check the Wine Apps Database to see what others have reported as works or doesn't work:

WineHQ - Wine Application Database


Another option is to run a virtual machine under Linux, or under Windows:

Virtual machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

VirtualBox seems to be a popular option.

[oz]

More on obtaining and using VirtualBox here:

VirtualBox

[sburk]

so just to be clear i cant just transfer them some how i gotta manually reinstall all of them