[CentOS] Changes at Red Hat confouding CentOS

Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com
Wed Nov 16 17:48:49 UTC 2011


At Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:20:55 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> ---Executing: recode
> Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> > Vreme: 11/16/2011 07:55 AM, Christopher Chan pise:
> >   
> >> On Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:30 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Vreme: 11/15/2011 04:14 PM, Rob Kampen pise:
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>>> run a virtualbox with windoze XP for a realtor app that only works on IE
> >>>> (yeah, go figure, we are in 2011 and they force everyone to use IE)
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>> Install PlayOnLinux (Wine installer) and install IE6 inside it. Maybe
> >>> your App will work without virtual Win.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>       
> >> Yeehaa! That's it, recommend the worst IE browser available.
> >>     
> >
> > He uses it only for one App. So maybe there is no security risk.
> >
> > But actually I miss-read it like he needs to use IE6.
> >   
> Currently I use IE7 on a virtualbox instance running windozeXP - I used 
> too use IE6 but the experience is not good, thus moved to IE7.
> The issue is the MLS system in our region will only work on IE6 or 
> greater. The other app I use in windoze is quickbooks (most 
> inappropriate name as it has never been quick)

Have you ever looked at GnuCash?  (Available in the EPel repo for CentOS.)

> It too only used to run on windoze, although apparently there is now a 
> mac version. All other apps for my business run on Linux.
> I started with RH9 in 2004, moved to FC3 when we had a disk crash take 
> down the server, then discovered CentOS and never looked back - thanks 
> team, I do so appreciate the reliability and solid performance.
> > And no other IE version is reported to work in Wine.
> >
> >
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