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Re: Re: New Linux Box Setup for Email and Web Browsing

From: Michael Corral (email_suppressed_at_lugwash.org)
Date: Mon 19-Dec-2005 12:06:20 PM EST

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J. Bruce Fields a ecrit:
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 08:07:30PM -0500, Michael Corral wrote:
>> >:p Debian still won't distribute Pine.
>> >Licensing.
>>
>> Neither does Fedora.
>> And yet somehow Debian users and Fedora users still manage to use Pine.
>
> I switched to Mutt about 5 years ago and haven't looked back.

I tried Mutt once and went running back to Pine. :)

> My mom still uses Pine, though, so I've been using
>
> deb http://src.braincells.com/debian sid/
> deb-src http://src.braincells.com/debian sid/
>
> which has been a completely reliable source for several years now.

I always go right to the source itself: http://www.washington.edu/pine/
I use Fedora, and U-W does supply some rpms (and even a deb package) of
the latest version, but I always just compile it (and pilot and pico) myself.

Michael

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