On Thursday, September 26, 2002, at 10:21 AM, Patrick Naf wrote: > Unfortunately, I don't think that's what people want. I think what's > exciting about fink is that it makes it possible for you to get all > sorts of Unix applications running ***natively*** on your Mac.
Forgive me for being unclear. I never meant to suggest that open-source software shouldn't be ported natively. I only meant this as a potential "stable work-around" for people like myself who have neither the time nor the inclination to deal with unstable software and the various glitches, freezes, and assorted other headaches that it entails. Of course I want to run the Gimp natively in OS X, for that matter I want it to use Aqua instead of XDarwin, but if there were a choice between using a stable Gimp in emulation or one that causes system freezes natively, I'd take emulation until the bugs were worked out of the native one. > Don't be put off too much by harsh reactions; try to take them with > a shrug and stay with us for a while longer... I have already received numerous truly venomous responses to what I thought were perfectly innocent remarks. If I haven't left yet why would I now? I believe in this project and support it fully, despite the unwarranted attacks I have received from some of it's users. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
