Run Safari 4 Beta on Linux with Wine [Safari] - 70th Edition

The latest eye-candy beta of Safari was released earlier this week for Windows and Mac, but Linux users can now (mostly) use Safari 4 using the Wine compatibility tool.

The flapjacktastic weblog runs through the process of installing Safari on Linux, which requires setting up Wine with some extra tweaks, copying a file from a Windows machine, and fixing some font problems—ending up with a (mostly) functional Safari installation. There are still some unsolved issues with the tabs not working, and the process is not beginner-friendly, but it’s a great proof of concept—and could be very useful for testing web pages from a Linux machine.

If you are new to Linux, be sure to check out our guide to running Windows apps in Linux with Wine, or take a look at how to install Google Chrome in Ubuntu.

By The How-To Geek
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