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EmmyS
EmmyS

Reputation: 12138

How to test in IE with Linux

Normally I have two computers to work on - my development machine, running Ubuntu, and a testing machine that has Windows. The testing machine is in surgery, and I need to be able to test in IE8. Unfortunately I can't seem to get it to run under wine. I've tried the IE NetRenderer add-on for Firefox, but all it does is take a screenshot of the page. I have dynamic code (ajax) that I need to be able to test.

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 51

Views: 54788

Answers (4)

Lex
Lex

Reputation: 5014

I'm on linux and using VirtualBox and various Windows images sourced from https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/

They're supplying old windows versions with updated license which super seeds the default. Meaning you can restore an image back to its 30 day trail indefinitely.

I use the same system at work on OSX

EDIT: The original answer was referencing this page with the images: http://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#downloads

Upvotes: 28

Knase
Knase

Reputation: 1274

This topic is at https://askubuntu.com/questions/190425/how-to-install-internet-explorer-multiple-versions I am using http://www.playonlinux.com. After install playOnLinux program, run it and add new IE8 or other.

Upvotes: 0

abrown25
abrown25

Reputation: 21

I've used this website very sparingly (when I didn't have a Windows machine with IE Tester). It eventually costs a subscription fee, but you can do a free trial, as well.

http://www.browserstack.com/

Upvotes: 2

MarkR
MarkR

Reputation: 63548

Don't bother trying to run it under Wine - such a test would be invalid anyway.

Just install Windows in a VM. It's easy.

Upvotes: 46

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