To clarify, Breezy... Sorry I've not been clear TR "REM7600" <rem7600@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4f9df$44789b9e$94402539$3443@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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
