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Why austin987 was banned from wine forum ??

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On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:24 AM, arunb <[email protected]> wrote:
Greetings! I was just banned from the #winehq channel on freenode for suggesting to a newbie that he use winetricks to install directx 9c. I was told that winetricks is for developers and that installing directx this way can damage your wine install.
I am currently using the latest developers version of wine with directx 9c installed and configured with the latest winetricks. I am playing the latest Civilization 4 expansion pack with no problems whatsoever on Ubuntu 8.10.
I resent getting banned for accurate information and think that channel bans should be reserved for obscene or abusive behavior only.
Thank you for tolerating this rant.
YeOldeFarte
why was austin987 banned????

thanks
ab





I wasn't.

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James McKenzie

Why austin987 was banned from wine forum ??

Post by James McKenzie »

arunb wrote:
Greetings! I was just banned from the #winehq channel on freenode for suggesting to a newbie that he use winetricks to install directx 9c. I was told that winetricks is for developers and that installing directx this way can damage your wine install.
I am currently using the latest developers version of wine with directx 9c installed and configured with the latest winetricks. I am playing the latest Civilization 4 expansion pack with no problems whatsoever on Ubuntu 8.10.
I resent getting banned for accurate information and think that channel bans should be reserved for obscene or abusive behavior only.
Thank you for tolerating this rant.
YeOldeFarte
why was austin987 banned????

He was not banned from #winehq. He does not exist there, either.

James McKenzie
austin987
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Why austin987 was banned from wine forum ??

Post by austin987 »

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:02 PM, James McKenzie
<[email protected]> wrote:
arunb wrote:
Greetings! I was just banned from the #winehq channel on freenode for suggesting to a newbie that he use winetricks to install directx 9c. I was told that winetricks is for developers and that installing directx this way can damage your wine install.
I am currently using the latest developers version of wine with directx 9c installed and configured with the latest winetricks. I am playing the latest Civilization 4 expansion pack with no problems whatsoever on Ubuntu 8.10.
I resent getting banned for accurate information and think that channel bans should be reserved for obscene or abusive behavior only.
Thank you for tolerating this rant.
YeOldeFarte
why was austin987 banned????

He was not banned from #winehq. He does not exist there, either.

James McKenzie




I do occasionally...I'm almost always in #winehackers though.

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-Austin
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