If it uses Winelib, isn't it truly a native app? As far as I understood, WINELIB works just like any other library satisfying the needs of the app you compile. If it's compiled with GCC using WINELIB, would it be any different than GTK or QT apps that depend on those libraries? I'm not an expert here, but I from what I understood WINELIB didn't emulate, it just helped port. -Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ===================== "Solutions that Work" =====================
-----Original Message----- From: Samy Elashmawy [mailto:samelash@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 5:30 AM To: Derek Fountain; SuSE English Subject: Re: [SLE] Corel - some good news for a change
Ill jump in here , While I applaud Corel for making corel Office 2000 , and its phot shop app avialable on linux via wine , I would rather have a linux naative version. The fact that it uses wine/winelib is relevent in that if each app needs to load/use its own version of wine , than thati is a maitinence issue thaat could get thorny if there are several diffrent apps that need diffrent versions of wine/winelib. I would hoipe that they would only need a diffrent wine configuration file.
Basicly if its an app that I realy need and is not avialable as a linux native app , I will considur using it under wine , but only if it realy does work well under wine. One of the issues I have is I still havee a bunch of P166/150s still in use , and with wine I take a significan preformance hit. Linux native is the way to go. Hopefull thaat issue will resolve its self when we upgrade/replace the two 400 AMD/K6s we have and use those to replace the P150/166s with. Older hardware is one of the major reasons for using linux. I wont use win 98 on that calss machine , and linux just runs better and doesent change setting on its own as windows like to do with out any warning or user permission. I havent had a linux machine go down or even hickup on me. They run finee once you ahve them set up. That I REALY LIKE about linux.
At 04:19 PM 7/6/2000 +0100, Derek Fountain wrote:
There are still a number of morons out there who think anything with Winelib behind it isn't a Linux application so they won't use it. Don't listen to them. This is a classy application, ported to Linux, just like we are screaming for vendors to do. It works well, and they've given it away free - possibly as a showcase. It seems that good. Corel are struggling and they deserve our support.
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I resent that, Derek. I'm certainly no moron, and it ISN'T a Linux app. if it depends on Wine....which I don't and won't use.
Resent it all you like. Corel's apps don't depend on Wine. They depend on Winelib. People who form opinions about what is and isn't a Linux app when they clearly don't know what is going on, then spout that opinion to all who will listen, are, IMHO, morons.
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