Hello there ... Maybe i am contributing for the wrong distro.
Dom, 2007-01-21 às 11:25 +0100, Geert Stappers escreveu: > Op 16-01-2007 om 23:54 schreef Luis Matos: > > i agree on wine to stand in the desktop task. > > > > Desktop task should cover user's possible activities and it's normal > > that any user (mostly new users) to try to run a certain windows > > application. > > > > The question is ... Why not? > > > Debian is about free software. Free as is in freedom of speech (not free > drinks) agreed. > > Wine, the Wine Is No Emulator, exists mostly to run not so free software. agreed. > > But people are free to run non free software. > ( For me is Debian also about freedom ) agree. > > > It is a good thing to explain to those who believe they need wine, > that they need to do something extra when they want non-free software. So ... when a new user runs a program he bought in linux and really sees that he does not work ... well ... because his program is not opensource ... is not runnable in linux? > > So, not including wine in the desktop task, > is the best way to tell what Debian is all about. <-- just so make the thing hotter ... o you defend debian should move wine for non-free. --> No. Debian is about distributing free as in speech software that can run syde-by-side (or on bottom) with proprietary programs. Having a "free" system is to have the ability to run both. Other way, the system is not free at all. Besides all this free story ... I am really not right about including wine. For a new user it is a good thing, but maybe most users don't use it (because they only use software that is designed for linux). But, maybe it's useful to be there when a windows program appears. The user would be surprised for it to work in linux (i did sometime ago). My story is an example. I use linux only software and installed wine because ... i just did. Someday i just executed an install (unconscionably, just clicked on top of it) and after that, i was waiting for the error popup when ... it ran. I was tremendously pleased about it. If i hadn't wine installed, that would never happen. > > > Cheers > Geert Stappers > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
