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Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike
From: Darryl LeCount 
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Hi Chris,

Not having used Turnpike myself I couldn't really suggest a replacement
along those lines. However, there are countless free clients under
Ubuntu that you can use. I use Evolution which is a groupware client, a
lot like Outlook. Many users swear and curse about it but I've never had
a reason to switch to anything else. I do believe there is an Windows
alpha version doing the rounds now... 

Then you have Mozilla Thunderbird (also available under Windows), KMail
(the native KDE client) among others. If you can get Ubuntu installed it
might be worth a try to see what takes your fancy.

If you really, really want to continue using Turnpike, there are a
number of virtualization solutions available to you. If you're willing
to fork out $60 then you have Win4Lin, which is a commercially supported
Windows virtualization solution. I personally use VirtualBox (free of
charge for the basic version) because I don't have a lot to do with
virtualization except to create Windows binaries of my games and it
works fine.

If you link up a virtual Windows environment to the Internet, you will
have to put up with the security breaches in Windows as always - i.e.
you will need anti-virus, firewall etc. Obviously it won't affect your
Linux desktop environment however.

-- Darryl 



On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 13:36 +0000, Chris wrote:
> Only one thing is holding me back from moving to Ubuntu - and that is 
> that I want to keep using my email client, Turnpike.
> I've never found anything better in the twelve years I've been using 
> Turnpike
> and it won't run under WINE because it's a Windows namespace shell 
> extension - i.e. an extension of Windows Explorer.
> 
> Would it be possible to run a fairly stripped down XP in a virtual 
> machine?
> 
> Which would be the best virtualisation software for that?
> 
> Would I still need all the security software for XP when it is running 
> within the virtual machine?
> (Anti-virus, anti-trojan, etc.)
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