IE4Linux Review
Did you know that you can use Internet Explorer in Linux? You can with the help of IE4Linux. It is a script that downloads just the basic files necessary to run IE. I know what your thinking. I tried that with Wine and it didn’t work. This does. There is one downfall. Internet Explorer looks horrible in Linux but if you insist on using it, try IE4Linux. I had no choice but to download IE4Linux because a website for school requires it. I couldn’t get firefox or opera to emulate IE so I finally gave in.
In case you decide to bypass all the legal stuff, let me warn you. You are using Internet Explorer. IE4Linux is not a mockup. So, if you do not own a license (regardless if Microsoft Windows is installed or not) do not download IE4Linux. It doesn’t check or ask for a license but you should have one just in case the big guys pay you a visit someday.
You can download IE4Linux here.
Added comment: Let me mention that I do not wish to use anything made by or published by Microsoft. However, I love Flight Simulator and will continue to use it regardless of how much I love PCLinuxOS. As I mentioned in a previous posting, I am not here to put Microsoft down in any way but just prefer PCLinuxOS over Windows.
September 30, 2007 at 10:46 am
I’m not certain I know why there would be a need to use IE within Linux at all. I’ve been using Firefox within XP for a few years now, and there really isn’t anything IE can do that FIrefox can’t do too, if not better… the previous design lockouts are in freefall decline – I haven’t seen any in a long time, and frankly if I did I wouldn’t be inclined to even try to use that site’s services.
If it’s the design of IE you like, there are always ways and means around that.
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September 30, 2007 at 10:27 pm
I would agree with you kourosism but as I mentioned, this website is for a college course I am taking and it does require IE. I have tried many times to use Firefox or Opera and it was a no go. Since it is for a college course I really don’t have much of a choice.
October 1, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Ah – I must have missed the bit where you say it was for a college course! My bad!
TO be fair, IE7 is a decent browser, but then so are the alternatives nowadays. Things move on… it does worry me when courses tie themselves to one particular package, especially since the IT industry is so fluid.