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From: ac <"aec$news"@candt.waitrose.com>
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:28:32 +0000
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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.)

I found I was stuck with the same problem several years ago, when I 
moved to linux. I did not use a virtual machine, but eventually 
concluded that for a simple life I would have to ultimately sacrifice 
TP and find something else.

I began with thunderbird then, and still use it. Thunderbird is being 
very actively developed and supported, - very different to TP as you 
know. It is not that close to TP functionality, but at least it is not 
woven into explorer. I have found useful ways to do most of what I had 
got used to in TP.

Initially I felt that I liked TP so much that I delayed a full move to 
linux. Looking back though, I would sacrifice a great deal more than 
TP to get the stability and freedom the linux provides.

Good luck with your decisions!
-- 
ac
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