Someone I trust recently told me that the only reason she's not switching to ubuntu linux is that it doesn't have internet explorer on it on which she can test her web applications - with IE being (surprisingly) the most widely-used internet browser in the world, all web apps have as starting requirement "MUST work on internet explorer and other browsers", so if it works on Mozilla and Opera and not on IE, your web application is close to worthless. So here's a little solution to have both the liberty of Ubuntu and the dying shade of IE integrated with it - kind of like a benign form of cancer if you will.
1. Go to Administration/synaptic package manager and install the playonlinux package (which will also install wine as a prerequisite)
2. go to Games/Playonlinux
3. click on the install button in the upper menu
4. search for "Internet explorer" in the search bar
5. install it and despair
NOTE: for the sake of easy accessing, don't forget to tick the option at the end of the installation which will add an icon of IE to your main menu
P.S. When searching for Internet explorer you will find that Playonlinux supports a huge variety of windows software from development tools all the way to the pc games. Windows has had great longevity but its days are numbered to say the least
1. Go to Administration/synaptic package manager and install the playonlinux package (which will also install wine as a prerequisite)
2. go to Games/Playonlinux
3. click on the install button in the upper menu
4. search for "Internet explorer" in the search bar
5. install it and despair
NOTE: for the sake of easy accessing, don't forget to tick the option at the end of the installation which will add an icon of IE to your main menu
P.S. When searching for Internet explorer you will find that Playonlinux supports a huge variety of windows software from development tools all the way to the pc games. Windows has had great longevity but its days are numbered to say the least
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