internet explorer for linux?

[sledge_hmr]

Is there any truth to the story that one of the early verisons of IE supported linux? If so, where can I find it? Also, would it be possible to get IE for Unix to run under Linux?

[vee-eye]

I think I found something, but I think it's in German:

MS Internet Explorer unter Linux (http://bbs1.biz-worms.de/rz/ie.phtml)

[The Whizzard]

Originally posted by vee-eye:
<STRONG>I think I found something, but I think it's in German:

MS Internet Explorer unter Linux (http://bbs1.biz-worms.de/rz/ie.phtml)</STRONG>
I'm not positive(I understand some German but not fluent) but it looks like they have you log into a SUN Sparc server and export X to your box. Which in turn you would run IE from the Sparc. It looks interesting but wouldn't be feasable unless you had your own Sparc on a LAN.

[ 31 January 2002: Message edited by: The Whizzard ]

[sledge_hmr]

Thanks, but I've seen that page before. Using Altavista, I had it translated and it seems like it some instructions to getting IE to launch on Sun Sparc running Solaris. So it doesn't seem any good.

[Siskmarek]

Can't you get IE working through Wine? I seem to remember this being possible...

Or was it through VMWare, which of course would work...

~ Siskie

[sledge_hmr]

I think it is possible to run IE via Wine, but its not 100%. At any rate, IE via Wine would be pretty slow.

[jaygee432]

I tried it when I tried vmware, works there. Couldn't do anything with it in wine, but I haven't tried for some time.

[mstich]

ugh, why would you want to go through all the trouble of getting IE to work?

[sledge_hmr]

I can't find a web browser for linux that works as well as IE. Konqueor is among the best but too slow.

[scanez]

Originally posted by sledge_hmr:
<STRONG>I can't find a web browser for linux that works as well as IE. Konqueor is among the best but too slow.</STRONG>
Have you tried opera?

[mcmanus69]

Originally posted by sledge_hmr:
<STRONG>I can't find a web browser for linux that works as well as IE. Konqueor is among the best but too slow.</STRONG>

Opera Technology Preview 6 is out, it's pretty good (I STILL can't get Java to work well, blah). Konqueror isn't that great of a browser. Mozilla is my fave so far (most stable/working), but if you want speed try Galeon. It's good.

Plus, why would anyone want to run IE on a non-Windows machine?? :p

On the other hand, Mac OS X comes with IE for Mac, which is based on UNIX (somewhat), so maybe it's possible to port that? I dunno.