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From: David Floyd 
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Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:14:39 +0000
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In message of Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Hadron writes
>Chris  writes:
>
>> 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?
>
>Run a full one.
>
>>
>> Which would be the best virtualisation software for that?
>
>VMWare.
>

Nobody has mentioned Virtual Box.  I get on with that better than 
VMWare.
And it's for the same reason - Turnpike.

Although I do run Thunderbird on Ubuntu.

David
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