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On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:59:17 -0700, Chris Schram wrote:

> In article <pan.2011.04.14.00.20.29@moria.lan>,
>  Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> Long time Linux user, just got my first iMac (21.5" version).  Quite
>> impressed so far...  Somebody told me about "Fink", website here:
>> 
>> http://www.finkproject.org/index.php?phpLang=en
>> 
>> ...and wondering what some of you experienced users think of it.  Seems
>> like a cool way to run some open-source apps that are not natively
>> available on the Mac.  For instance, the 'Pan' newsreader that I am
>> fond of in Linux, would love to be able to run that on the Mac.
>> 
>> Any thoughts on this Fink thing?  Does it work well?  Thanks.
> 
> First off, point your fiendish web thingie to <http://www.gmane.org/>.
> Look for newsgroups in the form gmane.os.apple.fink.*. There are several
> ways you can access the groups. (I use MT-Newswatcher, so I can have
> multiple newsrc files.)
> 
> That said, I've used Fink for a few years. Before that I used MacPorts,
> whose goal is pretty much identical, ie: getting *nix software working
> on Macs. (Also look for gmane.os.apple.macports.*)
> 
> Some ports work great, some don't compile properly on some platforms or
> some Mac OS versions or some versions of Xcode. The support community in
> the gmane groups is quite helpful in getting issues like these sorted
> out. (I never could get the latest version of kdegames4 to compile on a
> G4 iMac running Tiger and Xcode 2.5, but the same machine running
> Leopard and Xcode 3.* compiled fine.)

Sounds good, thanks for the info.


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Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-14 00:21 +0000
  Re: Fink Chris Schram <chrispam1@frontier.com> - 2011-04-13 20:59 -0700
    Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-14 13:12 +0000
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  Re: Fink Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-04-14 12:25 +0100
    Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-14 13:13 +0000
  Re: Fink Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 07:44 -0400
    Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-14 13:12 +0000
      Re: Fink Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 11:38 -0400
        Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-14 21:07 +0000
      Re: Fink Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2011-04-14 22:39 +0200
        Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-15 00:30 +0000
          Re: Fink Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2011-04-15 09:48 +0200
        Re: Fink Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@newsguy.com> - 2011-04-15 14:41 +0000
  Re: Fink Tom Harrington <tph@pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> - 2011-04-14 10:24 -0600
    Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-14 21:08 +0000
  Re: Fink "giuseppe.on.usenet" <giuseppe.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-04-17 06:19 -0700
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