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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!   
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