Running IE on Linux
I know the first thing people will say : why the heck any body would run IE on Linux in the first place.
Well the answer is very simple .. NOBODY would run IE in Linux unless he have to.
If you are a web developer or even designing your own page on a Linux platform, the major problem is how it looks on a crappy browser like IE
most of the Internet users use IE which makes you forced to have windows and evern restart your whole system just to see how your page looks in IE .
Well .. the Pain is over .. here comes ies4linux a fully automated script to install IE 5.1, 5.5 and 6.0 on your Linux system with the help of wine.
and the script developer said that IE 7 support is coming soooon.
ies4linux is pretty easy to use .. just run the script and answer with Y/N to the versions you want to install and that’s it.. you are done having an IE icon on your desktop
here how it looks on my Ubuntu Dapper system
(click to enlarge)
they are much faster safer and you’ll help web developers creating more beautiful sites without having to worry about BAD browsers
Ayy Capt’
... Enough wasting time talking about MS though..
I hate IE… but as you said sometime we have to use it. Specially losers using Hotmail or MSN mail, as the Windows live mail looks crappy on other browsers but IE. At the same time, IE is needed for poor people who are stuck with Outlook Web Access for work
Comment by JPierre — September 29, 2006 @ 12:09 am
Welcome JPierre
IE is one of the most stupid things ever invented.. and some ppl love though.
and M$ is making it harder by making it’s sites exclusivly for IE .
it’s bad .. but useful to have it around
Comment by Capt. Jack Sparrow — September 29, 2006 @ 3:16 pm