Internet Explorer on FreeBSD

Joe Auty joe at netmusician.org
Mon Feb 19 14:20:22 UTC 2007


What is the status of getting Xen on FreeBSD? It's a shame that an  
emulator is required to run Windows on the same architecture. Does  
Qemu virtualized on x86 hardware?


On Feb 19, 2007, at 9:06 AM, Tom Grove wrote:

> Bill Moran wrote:
>> "Kevin Downey" <redchin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I do a bit of web dev stuff so it would be nice to be able to see  
>>> the
>>> page in IE.
>>> A website I use for work uses ActiveX.
>>> I hate dual booting.
>>> What is the best(easiest) way to run ie on freebsd?
>>>
>>
>> In addition to everything else that's been suggested, give qemu
>> a try.  It's rather slow, but I use it often for an app we need
>> that only runs on widows.
>>
>>
> qemu is nice and kqemu is also now open source.  You could give  
> Win4BSD a shot...it is $50.00 but I use if for all things Windows  
> at work.
> -Tom
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