PE apps on linux, alternative solutions when win4lin breaks

[Tomer Cohen]

What software are openu.ac.il using? In case it is highlearn, you can use
the following userscript - http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/9847

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 00:04, Maxim Veksler <maxim.veksler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello friends,
>
> I've recently decided to give another take on running iexplorer on
> linux because of http://openu.ac.il lectures.
> I'm looking for as lightweight as possible solution to run IE & Office
> 2003 on Ubuntu 9.04.
>
> I've tried Win4Lin because of the feature of opening just 1
> application instead of a full virtual machine but the product* is
> buggy and totally crashes. I have also tried WINE but this does not
> work with the required ActiveX openu installs. Is there some other
> virtualization solution (VMWare?, VirtualBox?, Xen? more...?) that
> could provide the feature of opening single application as if it was
> native?
>
> What alternatives / creative ideas are there ?
> All I need is Internet Explorer and Office so that I could view the
> video lectures.
>
>
> Thank you for helping,
> Maxim.
>
>
> P.S. * Note "Product", not "Project" - it's a commercial software.
>


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