Re: [tlug] xen and windows

[Darren Wurf <darren@example.com>]

Darren Cook wrote:
> My windows needs are modest (remote desktop, visual C++ for fairly
> simple programs, IE to check my websites are not accidentally
> firefox-only, etc.), but the past few months they've become daily needs,
> and always having two machines running feels wasteful. NB. Dual boot is
> *not* an option; I always need linux applications (e.g. my email) open
> at the same time.
>
>
>   

Just in case you haven't heard of these options:
* IEs4Linux [1] - Downloads and installs various IE versions on Linux
* Browsershots [2] - Renders a specified URL on various
browsers/platforms and screenshots the result for you. Slow but free
(and Free)
* VC++ under wine [3] - Has gold support

> P.S. xensource.com is running aspx pages: is that a good or bad sign? :-)
>
>   

Perhaps!

HTTP headers for http://xensource.com/Pages/default.aspx :

Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:03:03 GMT
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices: 12.0.0.4518
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
##SNIP##


Cheers!

Darren

[1] http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page
[2] http://browsershots.org/
[3] http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=31