On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 01:27:03PM -0700, Heather wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 May 2001, Daniel E Baumann wrote:
> >
> > [cut wine package listings]
> >
> > > However, I do not recommend using non-free programs :).
> >
> > Huh? Wine is in main. Not non-free.
> >
> > BTW, you'll also need the libwine package to install wine.
>
> I believe that he means, wine would usually be most useful to run some
> -very- non-free programs.
Yes, that is exactly what I menat sorry for the confusion, wine is Free
Software but
it is used to run non-free software. This sort of thing I do not recommend
doing,
call me crazy or better yet call me a fan of GNU, an admirer of RMS, and most
of all
a strong supporter of the Free Software movement.
> Nonetheless, I have a *huge* mswin software collection, much of it shareware
> and freeware, and a few non MS licensed apps that could be useful, but I'm
> completely chicken about Unstable for the moment.
Don't be chicken unstable really is rather stable despite its name. I would
recommend
it for any developer or hard core geek wanting to live and the bleeding edge,
with a
desire to play with all the new toys. You may not fit this category, unstable
is not
for everyone, testing is a good compromise.
Dan
--
Daniel E Baumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And if cynics ridicule freedom, ridicule community...if ``hard nosed
realists'' say that profit is the only ideal...just ignore them, and use
copyleft all the same.
-- RMS
