--- Alan McKinnon <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tuesday 21 November 2006 13:41, Jan Murawski > wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I have got the following problem: I'd like to use > the windows version > > of firefox in linux. > > There's your problem. Why on earth would you ever > want to do that? Some > researhc project maybe? Or do you need some > Flash/ActiveX thingy? > > Just install and run the Linux version of firefox on > Linux! > > alan > > There are a number of reasons to do so. I use firefox all the time inside wine, The winecfg utility alows you to set your paths ...be careful with this however. I do this daily however NOT with pure wine but crossover and publishing software that needs a browser to function correctly for preview functions. I have installed Firefox 1.5 in pure wine and it works here also. You may need scripting OLE Mozilla's active x susbstitute etc to get full functionality. FWIW I have also used it with Java 5 and Realplayer 10 flash and shockwave. Pushing it that far seems to create zombie wine processes and these need to be killed periodically if your computers run 24/7. Just a thought...if you need that much windows functionality ...full suite...browser etc. You might seriously look at getting Crossover Standard. This would also allow you ie6,,,,but firefox is much better and smoother running. Crossover also lets you isolate different "bottles" so you can try new software without destroying what you also have working...They are also a big contributor to WINE. Bryann ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Online or Campus degree Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's in less than one year.www.findtherightschool.com _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
