On 27 Mar 2014, at 23:42, Wendy G.A. van Dijk nl...@wendy.org wrote:
Scanners I never had luck with scanner support on Windows XP, always
stupid errors. This behaviour of idiots working on drivers at the scanner
manufacturers is continued for support in Ubuntu. It just sucks always.
On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 09:55 +, david wrote:
Thread drifting for a moment, do folks have any recommendations for where to
buy reasonably priced, legal Win 7 licenses ? I really should upgrade my
compatability platform...
Thanks
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Date: 28/03/2014 10:17 (GMT+00:00)
To david da...@chromiq.org,London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers
london.pm@london.pm.org
Subject Re: XP-Replacement for Parents
On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 09:55 +, david wrote:
Thread drifting for a moment, do folks have any recommendations for where
london.pm@london.pm.org
Subject Re: XP-Replacement for Parents
On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 09:55 +, david wrote:
Thread drifting for a moment, do folks have any recommendations for where to
buy reasonably priced, legal Win 7 licenses ? I really should upgrade my
compatability platform
James Laver writes:
On 27 Mar 2014, at 17:01, Smylers smyl...@stripey.com wrote:
Ubuntu has built in VNC support. If you can walk your mother through
setting up reverse SSH tunnel*, you’d be able to do it for her,
remotely.
James
* Well, it’s only one command. You’d need a bounce box
Gordon Banner writes:
I do not use Windows, but AFAIK XP-Win7 is an upgrade, not a wipe
and re-install.
From the back of the Win7 upgrade pack:
If you are upgrading from XP, you will need to back up your files
and settings, perform a clean install and then reinstall your files,
settings
On 27/03/14 17:01, Smylers wrote:
Fred Youhanaie writes:
On 27/03/14 11:48, Smylers wrote:
• Ubuntu: The OS will install, but I don't know if Mum's scanner
will work with it, and I'm pretty sure it won't work in the same
way, where pressing a physical button on the scanner causes
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 2:55 AM, david da...@chromiq.org wrote:
Thread drifting for a moment, do folks have any recommendations for where to
buy reasonably priced, legal Win 7 licenses ? I really should upgrade my
compatability platform...
The trick is to go for the OEM license. This is
On 28/03/2014 21:01, Paul Makepeace wrote:
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 2:55 AM, david da...@chromiq.org wrote:
Thread drifting for a moment, do folks have any recommendations for where to
buy reasonably priced, legal Win 7 licenses ? I really should upgrade my
compatability platform...
The
My mum has a laptop running Windows XP, which she's happy with except
that support for XP ends on April 8th, and she's asked me what she
should do. The only Windows computer I've ever owned ran NT4, so I'm in
turn seeking your wisdom.
I think Mum uses web-based stuff, WordPerfect, and scanning.
• Ubuntu: The OS will install, but I don't know if Mum's scanner will
work with it, and I'm pretty sure it won't work in the same way, where
pressing a physical button on the scanner causes some HP application
to open on the desktop with the scanned document.
This may work quite well.
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:48:57AM +, Smylers wrote:
• Newer Windows: Would the latest Windows run on her hardware? Even if
it did, would it run her several-years-old version of WordPerfect?
Or would a newer-than-XP-but-not-the-most-recent version of Windows be
better? In which
But throw away Ubuntu's Unity and install xfce4 or gnome-core instead. I
find that full gnome installs too much stuff that I do not want.
I don't know which window manager lubuntu uses, but you can install them
all side-by side and use the one that you are most comfortable with.
On Thu,
On 27/03/14 12:20, Raphael Mankin wrote:
But throw away Ubuntu's Unity and install xfce4 or gnome-core instead. I
find that full gnome installs too much stuff that I do not want.
Mint, all day long :D
Mike Woods
On 27/03/14 11:48, Smylers wrote:
My mum has a laptop running Windows XP, which she's happy with except
that support for XP ends on April 8th, and she's asked me what she
should do. The only Windows computer I've ever owned ran NT4, so I'm in
turn seeking your wisdom.
I think Mum uses web-based
On Thu, 2014-03-27 at 11:48 +, Smylers wrote:
Options that I can see:
• Ubuntu:
I moved my parents onto Ubuntu (now Mint) after getting fed up with many
support calls with things not working in Windows. They took to Ubuntu
with no problems at all, and I now got far fewer requests to help
On 27 Mar 2014, at 12:07, Alex Balhatchet ka...@slackwise.net wrote:
On another topic if you want something that looks like Windows XP but
acts like Ubuntu I've read good things about Lubuntu[2].
In this vein, many Linuxes ship LXDE now. My old favourite foresight does, but
there aren’t as
Bite the bullet and get a Mac.
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:37 PM, James Laver james.la...@gmail.com wrote:
On 27 Mar 2014, at 12:07, Alex Balhatchet ka...@slackwise.net wrote:
On another topic if you want something that looks like Windows XP but
acts like Ubuntu I've read good things
Mike Woods writes:
On 27/03/14 11:48, Smylers wrote:
My mum has a laptop running Windows XP, which she's happy with
except that support for XP ends on April 8th, and she's asked me
what she should do. The only Windows computer I've ever owned ran
NT4, so I'm in turn seeking your wisdom.
Andrew Beverley writes:
On Thu, 2014-03-27 at 11:48 +, Smylers wrote:
Options that I can see:
• Ubuntu:
I moved my parents onto Ubuntu after getting fed up with many
support calls with things not working in Windows. They took to
Ubuntu with no problems at all,
Yeah, I'm sure
Alex Balhatchet writes:
• Ubuntu: The OS will install, but I don't know if Mum's scanner
will work with it, and I'm pretty sure it won't work in the same
way, where pressing a physical button on the scanner causes some
HP application to open on the desktop with the scanned
+1 to this.
As technically inclined people we want others to use Linux and have it be a
viable desktop. Maybe in some cases it is.
But OSX is a much better one, is very well supported, and also just works
in every way that matters.
She'll still have libreoffice available as well as a large
Dave Hodgkinson writes:
Bite the bullet and get a Mac.
It isn't clear if this suggestion is for James (whose message it was in
reply to), me, or my mum.
If Mum, then I don't feel it's entirely accurate to say that the only
reason she doesn't already have a Mac is through reluctance to pay for
Raphael Mankin wrote directly to me, but has given me permission to
reply on the list:
On Thu, 2014-03-27 at 11:48 +, Smylers wrote:
• Ubuntu: The OS will install, but I don't know if Mum's scanner will
work with it, and I'm pretty sure it won't work in the same way, where
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 03:21:02PM +, Smylers wrote:
Note my concerns weren't about the OS's user interface, but scanner
support and a couple of decades' worth of WordPerfect documents.
Assuming that Ubuntu supports the scanner, WordPerfect could run inside
a WinXP VM. You might even be
Fred Youhanaie writes:
On 27/03/14 11:48, Smylers wrote:
• Ubuntu: The OS will install, but I don't know if Mum's scanner
will work with it, and I'm pretty sure it won't work in the same
way, where pressing a physical button on the scanner causes some
HP application to open on
On 27 Mar 2014, at 17:01, Smylers smyl...@stripey.com wrote:
Yeah, if I end up doing this in person that'd be a sensible way to
proceed.
Or even otherwise. Ubuntu has built in VNC support. If you can walk your mother
through setting up reverse SSH tunnel*, you’d be able to do it for her,
David Cantrell writes:
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 03:21:02PM +, Smylers wrote:
Note my concerns weren't about the OS's user interface, but scanner
support and a couple of decades' worth of WordPerfect documents.
Assuming that Ubuntu supports the scanner, WordPerfect could run
inside a
On Thu, 2014-03-27 at 17:34 +, Smylers wrote:
David Cantrell writes:
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 03:21:02PM +, Smylers wrote:
Note my concerns weren't about the OS's user interface, but scanner
support and a couple of decades' worth of WordPerfect documents.
Assuming that
Thoughts at random...
I do not use Windows, but AFAIK XP-Win7 is an upgrade, not a wipe and
re-install.
From the back of the Win7 upgrade pack:
If you are upgrading from XP, you will need to back up your files and
settings, perform a clean install and then reinstall your files,
settings
At 04:21 PM 3/27/2014, Smylers wrote:
Note my concerns weren't about the OS's user interface, but scanner
support and a couple of decades' worth of WordPerfect documents.
I'm on Ubunty, I switched over from Windows XP several years ago, and
I do have quite an extensive amount of WordPerfect
On 27/03/2014 17:34, Smylers wrote:
David Cantrell writes:
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 03:21:02PM +, Smylers wrote:
Note my concerns weren't about the OS's user interface, but scanner
support and a couple of decades' worth of WordPerfect documents.
Assuming that Ubuntu supports the scanner,
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