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

[REM7600]

To clarify, Breezy...  Sorry I've not been clear

TR

"REM7600" <rem7600 at hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> 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 ;).
>>
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