Many thanks for the answers... I NEED the Outlook to be able to access public folders and Tasks in the same manner as Outlook. THUS, the second question specifically asking for Outlook. I should be specific that the Wine would run ON Ubuntu and not an Ubuntu variant... Thanks for the answers! TR "link141" <link141@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1148753266.129040.160020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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
