On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:56:27 -0500 "Lewis Donofrio" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok please do not flame me here but does this distro address the > WinModem issues (yes people still use these analog devices) out of > the box, I mean can I use > --Also anyone know how to get wine to enable the usb support (iTunes > is kinda popular) WinModems use part of the Windows operating system to function, and will not function without Windows, or a rewritten part of it. Rewriting Windows is clearly contrary to the EULA, copyright, and license that Microsoft hold. It may also be contrary to the terms of GPL3 (not sure about this) but is anyway contrary to the free (as in freedom) software ethic. Not all "analogue devices" are WinModems; this kind of modem is generally present as an internal card. Instead of trying to find a distro that works with WinModems, you will be better off and shed less blood, sweat and tears if you look for an external modem, or an alternative internal card, neither of which requires Windows to be present for them to work. Further information can be found on: http://linmodems.org/ I very much doubt that gOS supports WinModems out of the box, but I don't use them so I couldn't say for sure. However, I have an venerable ageing external Diamond Express modem that connects with the serial port, which I use to send faxes over the phone line. Even this is not strictly necessary as I have an account with Efax (http://www.efax.com), but I can say the Diamond Express works great with gOS (or should that be with Ubuntu 8.04). Wine is not a Windows emulator, but provides code which resembles an API layer to interact with the Linux Kernel. The Linux kernel already has usb support so its not necessary to include it within Wine. I don't know which application you are trying to run with Wine, but if you use Amarok you will have integration with a number of online music services without having access to any Windows applications - by far the best way. You can find out what applications work with Wine by consulting http://appdb.winehq.org/. Codeweavers have put their work in developing the Wine project to use in developing the Crossover series in which more applications are supported. Crossover Linux is not without cost, but for some applications who do not have their equal in Linux applications, it might be worth investigating. HTH -- Graham Todd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
