I'm also an Ubuntu variant, and am using WINE. If you are using Kubuntu, your in luck, because that is what I am running as well. All derivatives of Ubuntu will run the same WINE package, because the packages between them are entirely interchangeable (without any modifications). Ubuntu and Kubuntu (as well as any other Ubuntu variant) are the same code with different interfaces and default packages. So this means whatever Ubuntu variant you are running will run WINE. Just one thing, you should use the WINE package from their special repository, because this one is updated frequently, and the one in the Ubuntu repositories is not. Here are the repositories, Breezy <deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt breezy main> or Dapper <deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt dapper main>. Dapper is more stable than Kubuntu Breezy, and will be released June 6 as the "stable" version. Dapper will open WINE (if it is installed) when you double click on a Windows .exe file, wheras Breezy won't. For your second question, I'm not sure if WINE will run outlook, but Kontact and Thunderbird are built for the same purpose and work just as well. These are native Ubuntu packages, and depending on the variant of Ubuntu you have, one will be installed by default. I've found both to be a suitable replacement for Outlook in all of the areas I've known in outlook. Among these there are other MS office clones that are freely available for Ubuntu, and a good number of them should be installed by default. Sorry I took your short questions and turned them into long answers. I kinda wrote this in a hurry so it may be confusing. If you need any clarification on any of this, or have a Wine or Ubuntu based question, just post them here and I'll try to help. I also am a user of the Ubuntu forums. We'll get everything sorted out ;). _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
