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Run IE6 under Linux
This How-to applies to: Any version.
Using Wine 0.9.10 you can happily run IE6 under linux
From http://blog.drinsama.de/erich/en/linux/2006040302-msie-on-linux
- Get a recent wine, e.g. 0.9.9 or 0.9.10
- Add a new user named "windows" to your system, because you don't want to risk running windows software like IE with your regular user account, will you? It could read your email!
- Add the freshly created windows user to the video and audio groups (adduser windows audio) if you want 3D or sound
- Use gksu -u windows xterm to open a shell as the windows user
- From Microsoft, download dcom98.exe and ie6setup.exe and save them to /tmp
- Type the following:
cd
wget http://www.kievinfo.com/2/ie6_overrides.reg
wine regedit ie6_overrides.reg
wine /tmp/dcom98.exe
wine /tmp/ie6setup.exe
exit - You can now surprise your favourite linux-critics ("but linux won't run my $favourite_program, will it?") with a working Internet Exploder by running gksu -u windows wine C:\\Program\ Files\\Internet\ Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE - and it should not be able to read your email, much more secure than if you were running Windows.