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Re: Fink

Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Fink
References <pan.2011.04.14.01.39.06@moria.lan>
From Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com>
Organization Rare
Date 2011-04-13 20:26 -0700
Message-ID <4bei55zf7b.fsf@ethel.the.log> (permalink)

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Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> writes:

> 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.

When I first started using OS X I used fink quite a bit.

Now I don't.  It worked fine, but in the end, once I realized that 
emacs could run well on the OS X desktop, I started phasing out fink
and much X11 usage.

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Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-14 01:39 +0000
  Re: Fink Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2011-04-13 23:06 -0400
  Re: Fink Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2011-04-13 20:26 -0700
  Re: Fink Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2011-04-14 08:25 -0500
    Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-14 15:10 +0000
      Re: Fink Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 11:41 -0400
        Re: Fink George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-14 13:01 -0500
        Re: Fink Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2011-04-14 14:15 -0400
          Re: Fink Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2011-04-14 14:18 -0500
            Re: Fink Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-14 17:30 -0400
              Re: Fink Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2011-04-14 20:06 -0500
            Re: Fink Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2011-04-15 07:19 -0400
              Re: Fink John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2011-04-16 19:50 -0700
          Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-14 21:14 +0000
            Re: Fink Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2011-04-15 12:42 -0400
              Re: Fink Edward Theodore Gein <egein@no.where.at.all> - 2011-04-15 13:55 -0400
                Re: Fink nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) - 2011-04-15 14:28 -0700
              Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-16 02:17 +0000
                Re: Fink Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-04-16 06:42 -0700
          Re: Fink George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-15 08:03 -0500
      Re: Fink Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2011-04-14 08:54 -0700
        Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-14 21:13 +0000
        Re: Fink Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2011-04-15 07:24 -0400
      Re: Fink nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) - 2011-04-14 09:18 -0700
        Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-14 21:16 +0000
      Re: Fink "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2011-04-15 23:28 +0000
        Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-16 02:16 +0000
  Re: Fink Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> - 2011-04-14 22:34 -0400
    Re: Fink Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2011-04-15 03:49 +0000
  Re: Fink "Michael C." <mjchappell@news.eternal-september.org> - 2011-04-19 07:47 +0000

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