[wplug] Yet Another Windows on Linux Question

[Teodorski, Christopher]

In my experience CrossOver works like a champ.  I think most security
problems in IE would not have much impact on your linux box.

-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-bounces+christopher.teodorski=ddiworld.com at wplug.org
[mailto:wplug-bounces+christopher.teodorski=ddiworld.com at wplug.org] On
Behalf Of Michael A. Smith
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 9:20 AM
To: General user list
Subject: [wplug] Yet Another Windows on Linux Question

Hi, all,

I know running Windows software on Linux is possible, but there are so 
many options that it's hard to determine the best way to do it. I run 
Gentoo on my home desktop.

I would like to find a way to run I.E. 5.5 *and* 6 on my Linux box so I 
can test the websites I build. Here are some of the things I'm
wondering:

 - Is it possible to do it with just Wine? I've tried some things posted

on the web with I.E. 6, but it always crashes before I can get it to 
load a page.
 - Would something like Crossover help? Obviously, free software is 
better, but if I have to spend money, I'd rather spend it on a company 
that supports OSS.
 - Is it possible to do it in such a way that security flaws in I.E. 
don't endanger my whole box?

And last and least, a pipe dream: Would it be possible to run Safari on 
an x86 linux box? Has any decent emulator been written?

Thanks,
Mike
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