[TriLUG] Windows on Linux was: Recommend HTML Editor

[Robert Porter]

I have heard of Wine, think thats the way I will go.  Several folks at various 
client sites are using it primarily to run Lotus Notes as there is no 
Linux/Unix version yet.  Thanks for the suggestions!

On Tuesday 24 September 2002 06:39 pm, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Robert Porter wrote:
> > That was my final solution as well, thanks for the reply, you mentioned
> > IE in your reply, I had heard there was a version that would work on
> > Linux is this so and if so where does one obtain it?  Since IE currently
> > holds the lions share of the browser market I should be checking my web
> > pages in it as well.  And if I can avoid having to fire up my Win2K box
> > just to check a web page that would be wunnerful!
>
> There are several ways to run Windows programs within Linux; if all you
> need is IE and Office tools, try "Crossover Office" which is a modified
> form of WINE.  See http://www.codeweavers.com/products/office/
>
> Other products are Win4Lin and VMWare, which allow you to run entire
> Windows sessions within your Linux OS, and support many other Windows apps
> besides IE and Office.
>
> The above are all commercial, closed-source, non-free software.  If you're
> interested in running Windows programs under Linux for free, try Wine :
> http://www.winehq.com/ .  You may or may not get IE to work...it's not
> easy.
>
> --Jeremy
>
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