Two reasons why you should get IEs4Linux:
- You are a web-designer using Linux and want to test your sites using Internet Explorer as your visitors are predominantly IE users.
- You need the latest and greatest flash player with your browser to view sites like ESPN, MetaCafe etc... The latest version of Flash is 9 which is only available to Windows and Macs whereas on the Linux side we have been left behind with 7.
Below is how I got it up and running on Fedora Core 5:
- Install cabextract and wine if you don't have it already:
# yum --enablerepo=extras install cabextract wine
- Download and install IEs4Linux:
$ wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-2.0.1.tar.gz $ tar -xvzf ies4linux-2.0.1.tar.gz $ cd ies4linux-2.0.1 $ ./ies4linux
- Internet Explorer can now be run via the shortcut icon created on the desktop.