going M$ free

[keith smith]

So basically I install my favorite distro of Linux.  Download and install the compatible version of virtualbox.  Then install XP in the virtualbox.

Would I be able to open an instance of XP in a window?  Like opening multiple browser tabs?  That way I would be able to go back and forth between Windows and Linux. 


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Keith Smith

--- On Mon, 9/13/10, Ariel Gold <arielqgold at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Ariel Gold <arielqgold at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: going M$ free
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Date: Monday, September 13, 2010, 9:25 AM

I also run virtualbox for IE testing. I run tinyxp, which runs blazing fast (not that i've done any benchmarking...)


2010/9/13 Roderick Ford <r.ford at cox.net>


I keep a WinXP box running in a vm on my Fedora 7 (yes, due to be upgraded), then anytime I need windows I can just use KRDC to show the desktop and test all the browsers there.





Roderick Ford





---- keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:



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I'm really getting tired of these windows problems.  2 viri [spell] in less than a year.  In about 2000 I went M$ free for about 8 months.  I tried it again in 2007 for a month or two.



The main issue I have is I am a LAMP dev and find it awkward to run IE in wine.  I need IE to test how things look and work in IE.  The other issue I had is I really like PSpad.  It is my favorite editor. 



I spend so much time in Linux anymore it almost makes sense to go M$ free.



How do you check how sites resulve in IE if you run only linux?



Thanks in advance!



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