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. >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
