I also use Ubuntu with VirtualBox to test things under XP, or a clean 
install of Jaunty etc.  You can apparently test a guest 64bit Ubuntu on 
top of a 32bit host (http://p-s.co.nz/wordpress/?p=532).

Sid Bachtiar wrote:
> +1 for Ubuntu, the king of all (as in all) OS *flame flame* :P
>
> I have a need for Ms Access for one of my clients, so can't escape
> WinXP yet. And I need WinXP to test IE7 (doesn't seem to work with
> Wine for some reason).
>
> But now I run WinXP from Ubuntu using VirtualBox and it works pretty darn 
> well!
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Nick Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>   
>>     
>>> It seems to run fine under wine[1].
>>>
>>> Install
>>>   wine epp311_en.exe
>>>
>>> Run
>>>   wine .wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/EditPlus\ 3/editplus.exe
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.winehq.org/
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Paul
>>>       
>> Cheers... installed Wine today. Really, the only Windows apps I still
>> use are Editplus and Fireworks.
>>
>> And might I just add, off-topic and apropos of... err....
>>
>>
>> Ubuntu! Utterly gorgeous (esp compared to Windows). I can actually feel
>> it redefining all sorts of deeply held assumptions about (believe it or
>> not) the future, the state of the web etc etc.
>>
>> Fantastic. A nurtured ecosystem specifically designed to minimise
>> internal friction rather than being a conglomeration of grudging
>> compromises - between enemy walled-gardens, eyeing each other narrowly.
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>
>
>
>   

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