Hi Kevin, --- Kevin Lawton <K-Lawton@versatel.nl> wrote: > I must confess to being an absolute newbie to wine You are forgiven :-) > I would quite like to get involved with the project, > and would prefer a > testing-oriented or documentation role if there was > a need for such. Huge need! Let me know right away if you have nothing to do! > What I'd like to know at this point, if anyone would > tell me, is where > exactly is the wine project up to in terms of having > a system which actually > works to a greater or lesser extent ? Wine is in good place in these terms. Wine actually works very well, but Windows applications under Wine - not always ;-) Seriously - it is still alpha software. > I guess it would make sense for me to start with an > install of the current / > latest version. I currently run Mandrake Linux 8.0, > but also have most > versions of Windoze available (except XP). You have everything needed to start. > Do instructions exist for going > from a scratch Linux installation to a working (?) > install of wine ? Have > lists of suitable hardware / software been put > together ? If so, how do I > get at them ? If not, I guess it would make sense > for me to offer to be > involved in writing them ? > I'd really like to help and be involved, but first I > need to get started ! > Would anyone be prepared to guide a Wine newbie > through their initial steps > up to the point where they might be able to do > something of use to the > project ? Yes on all these questions! www.winehq.com has a good set of documentation about this. Of course, you are welcome to make it even better! I recommend you to get access to Wine CVS.Compilation and installation from source is not very difficult. Do not forget to uninstall existing versions if you have any. > My apologies if I have directed this to the wrong > list - maybe someone could > help me out with that as well ! You are right in the place. Let me know when you finished with installation and configuration! See you later, Andriy Palamarchuk PS. Read also this article: "How to Ask Smart Questions" http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html and general rules of Netiquette. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
