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   From: "Laszlo Lebrun"    
   Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:25:42 +0100   
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   Chris Game wrote:   
   > This only covers limited set of software though.   
   only about 20.000 debian packages..., say 3.000 directly usable.   
      
   > Trying to install   
   > such a basic program as Pine - which must be ages old - means one has   
   > to compile from source to get a decent working binary with all the   
   > features.   
   Due the licence that comes with PINE, distribution of binaries are not    
   allowed, hence there are no binary packages for debian.   
      
   > There are simply not the equivalent programs available   
   > either   
      
   Really? I've found tons of newsreaders, what about the modern ones?   
      
   > Try to find something that does the job of Cardfile (which   
   > came out with Windows 3.something I think).   
   >   
   If you are that retrograde, you may run it within Windows 3.0 in Wine...   
      
   > Ubuntu is a good proof of concept, it just doesn't meet the needs of   
   > home desktop users.   
   The missing programms you mentionned don't appear to be "desktop    
   user" -like.   
      
   > Even the documentation sucks, can't anyone write   
   > a decent man page these days?   
   Go on for it guy, leave your footpath into eternity!   
      
      
   Regards   
   Laszlo    
      
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