Re: kitchen

[Daniel E Baumann <danielb@freedevelopers.net>]

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      danielb@freedevelopers.net 

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