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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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