[Wine] Re: Running Wine on Ubuntu variant and Outlook

[REM7600]

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 at comcast.net> wrote in message 
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> 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 ;).
>