My son is a technical illiterate and one time, when I had got tired of
rescuing his scsrewed-up (often virus-infected) Windows box, I gave him
Ubuntu. He only uses his computer to surf to his webmail and to
facebook. Nonetheless, he came to me after a week and asked me to
re-install Windows as
Tim,
agree with you there- Cobol was considered e great modern productivity
improvement. I started in assembly. Getting a system running by inserting the
bootstrapper papertape on the first punched holes, ste the start address
through phisical switches and press the start butten. Only after
On 07/19/2015 07:52 AM, Rob Jasper wrote:
Getting a system running by inserting the bootstrapper papertape on the first
punched holes
On my first computer, I had to use the front toggle several bytes into
memory, before there was anything to run. I also worked on some Data
General Nova
On 07/19/2015 07:52 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
If Win8 started up at the normal desktop (as it can be set to do now)
and then the Metro stuff is used just as the old;
Start button - All Programs
Then it's kinda ok - err after adding in new tiles for Kodi,
LibreOffice, Chrome/Firefox
Hi :)
Both Cinnamon and Mate (pronounced similarly to Latte) are both supposedly
drop in replacements for the Gnome DE that Ubuntu used to use.
They both started with the same code-base that everyone using a Gnome DE on
any distro was familiar with and then just upgraded it. VERY similar to
the
On 07/18/2015 07:51 PM, toki wrote:
On 07/18/2015 10:08 PM, James Knott wrote:
Tell that to all the scientists who use supercomputers. The vast majority
of them, including my cousin, run Linux.
If you want state of the art software, that costs a fortune, you run *Nix.
If you want
Hi :)
Err, i tend to stick with Unity for myself.
Some of my work-colleagues couldn't cope with the simplicity and the way it
doesn't look like Xp or Win7. So i had a quick look at KDE again and was
surprised at how fast it's become. It even out-performed Cinnamon and Mate
and even LXDE on many
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Err, i tend to stick with Unity for myself.
Some of my work-colleagues couldn't cope with the simplicity and the way it
doesn't look like Xp or Win7. So i had a quick look at KDE again and was
surprised at how fast it's become. It even
On 07/19/2015 04:52 AM, Rob Jasper wrote:
Tim,
agree with you there- Cobol was considered e great modern productivity
improvement. I started in assembly. Getting a system running by inserting the
bootstrapper papertape on the first punched holes, ste the start address
through phisical
On 19/07/15 02:43 PM, Tom Williams wrote:
On 07/18/2015 07:51 PM, toki wrote:
On 07/18/2015 10:08 PM, James Knott wrote:
Tell that to all the scientists who use supercomputers. The vast majority of
them, including my cousin, run Linux.
If you want state of the art software, that costs a
Hi :)
If Win8 started up at the normal desktop (as it can be set to do now) and
then the Metro stuff is used just as the old;
Start button - All Programs
Then it's kinda ok - err after adding in new tiles for Kodi, LibreOffice,
Chrome/Firefox etc, removing quite a lot of the default useless ones
On 07/18/2015 09:32 AM, Thomas wrote:
On 2015/07/18 6:50, Jack Wallen wrote:
Thank you for sharing that, Charles (I'm the author). Glad to know it
resonated.
Jack
Thank YOU, Mr. Wallen, for your article.
Although I know, this does not belong here, just a word.
I have been trying (STRUGGLING)
On 2015/07/18 6:50, Jack Wallen wrote:
Thank you for sharing that, Charles (I'm the author). Glad to know it
resonated.
Jack
Thank YOU, Mr. Wallen, for your article.
Although I know, this does not belong here, just a word.
I have been trying (STRUGGLING) to move away from MS and get friendly
On 17-7-2015 23:47, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/07/15 05:25 PM, charles meyer wrote:
For those on the list using or contemplating Linux, this was interesting.
Frankly though, I'm confused as to why more software vendors don't
compile to libwine .
libwine is about 'bondage'..
It
hi. personal experience. I started using linux about 12 years ago installation
and configuration are just a bit longer than in windows systems (but you can
find a lot of documentation). Linux systems are, by the way, more transparent
(if you want to know what happens behind the interface),
On 18/07/15 04:31 AM, yahoo-pier_andreit wrote:
On 07/18/2015 09:32 AM, Thomas wrote:
On 2015/07/18 6:50, Jack Wallen wrote:
Thank you for sharing that, Charles (I'm the author). Glad to know it
resonated.
Jack
Thank YOU, Mr. Wallen, for your article.
Although I know, this does not belong
On Sat, 18 Jul 2015, Thomas wrote:
Although I know, this does not belong here, just a word.
I have been trying (STRUGGLING) to move away from MS and get friendly
with Linux for 7-8 years now!
So far with little success. Yet, I still keep trying.
this makes me wonder what the top two or
Hi :)
I'm sure people on this mailing list might be happy to help with 1 or 2
questions about how to do a certain thing or 2 in linux. Such questions
often turn out to be quite popular threads even though they are a little
off-topic.
I think a lot of people take a similar route to me. Even now
On 18/07/15 01:29 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
+1
But Wine is about bondage in the sense that it keeps you using stuff
that is made for Windows.
Making stuff that needs Wine in order to work kinda keeps you
locked-in to the Windows world.
By contrast we see many native GnuLinux programs
On 07/18/2015 05:29 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
If programs plan to become cross-platform then initially writing for Linux
seems to be the optimum route.
If a programming team delivers a usable Linux product in one year, then
for a second platform, it will take the same team six months to deliver
On 07/18/2015 05:56 PM, Tom Williams wrote:
Comments about how
Linux is good for basic things and not good for productivity.
Tell that to all the scientists who use supercomputers. The vast
majority of them, including my cousin, run Linux. Also, a while ago,
all the computers on the
On 18/07/15 06:10 PM, Malgosia Askanas wrote:
On 2015-07-18 04:02 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
The top reason people find hard is almost certainly that you have to
install it.
That's not entirely accurate. There are a few (not many) companies
that specialize in selling Linux-preinstalled machines.
Heh heh. But then the _real_ top reason would be that you can't acquire
a Linux machine in a hurry. True enough.
On 2015-07-18 06:16 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 18/07/15 06:10 PM, Malgosia Askanas wrote:
On 2015-07-18 04:02 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
The top reason people find hard is almost
On 18/07/15 02:25 PM, Harvey Nimmo wrote:
On Sat, 2015-07-18 at 08:21 -0400, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
On 07/18/2015 03:42 AM, Eric wrote:
On 07/17/2015 05:25 PM, charles meyer wrote:
For those on the list using or contemplating Linux, this was
interesting.
On 07/18/2015 02:39 PM, Paolo Debortoli wrote:
hi. personal experience. I started using linux about 12 years ago installation
and configuration are just a bit longer than in windows systems (but you can
find a lot of documentation). Linux systems are, by the way, more transparent
(if you
On Sat, 2015-07-18 at 16:05 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
On 18/07/15 02:25 PM, Harvey Nimmo wrote:
On Sat, 2015-07-18 at 08:21 -0400, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
On 07/18/2015 03:42 AM, Eric wrote:
On 07/17/2015 05:25 PM, charles meyer wrote:
For those on the list using or
I couldn't find a good OCR solution for linux either. Project for
someone?
Cheers
Harvey
I also battled to find a good OCR program for a couple of years on my
Linux System (PClinuxOS)!!
Then about two years or eighteen months back I came across the
combination of YAGF with Tesseract.
On 07/18/2015 10:44 AM, Felmon Davis wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jul 2015, Thomas wrote:
Although I know, this does not belong here, just a word.
I have been trying (STRUGGLING) to move away from MS and get friendly
with Linux for 7-8 years now!
So far with little success. Yet, I still keep trying.
On 18/07/15 05:15 PM, Harvey Nimmo wrote:
On Sat, 2015-07-18 at 16:05 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
On 18/07/15 02:25 PM, Harvey Nimmo wrote:
On Sat, 2015-07-18 at 08:21 -0400, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
On 07/18/2015 03:42 AM, Eric wrote:
On 07/17/2015 05:25 PM, charles meyer wrote:
On 18/07/15 06:30 PM, Malgosia Askanas wrote:
Heh heh. But then the _real_ top reason would be that you can't
acquire a Linux machine in a hurry. True enough.
No, the real reason is that people don't have the option in front of
them to even realize that it is possible.
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On 07/18/2015 11:00 AM, Gary Dale wrote:
And after looking at Windows 8, it seems to be getting worse, not better.
I have to use 8.1 on my work computer and have 10 in a virtual machine.
While 10 is an improvement on 8.1, it's still nowhere near what W7 was.
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On 07/18/2015 11:28 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Something i really appreciate most about Linux is that it's so easy to
change the gui - or more importantly that if you don't like the crazy new
things that have been done to the gui then you can fairly easily go back to
the old one or on to
On 2015-07-18 04:02 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
The top reason people find hard is almost certainly that you have to
install it.
That's not entirely accurate. There are a few (not many) companies that
specialize in selling Linux-preinstalled machines. The two that
immediately come to mind are
On 18/07/15 11:35 AM, Luuk wrote:
On 17-7-2015 23:47, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/07/15 05:25 PM, charles meyer wrote:
For those on the list using or contemplating Linux, this was
interesting.
Frankly though, I'm confused as to why more software vendors don't
compile to libwine .
Hi :)
I think this mailing list is often quite helpful about wider issues than it
is meant for.
This mailing list has been quite supportive of people with questions about
various versions of Linux. I really like it when someone who has been a
huge help to others about technical issues in
On 18-7-2015 18:00, Gary Dale wrote:
Windows is like a pyramid scheme that way. They sucker developers into
using only their products so that users have no choice but to buy
licenses to run their products properly.
And that is exactly why you should not _DEVELOP_ using libwine
(using it,
Hi :)
+1
But Wine is about bondage in the sense that it keeps you using stuff that
is made for Windows.
Making stuff that needs Wine in order to work kinda keeps you locked-in to
the Windows world.
By contrast we see many native GnuLinux programs are then ported over to
Mac and Windows
Hi :)
Something i really appreciate most about Linux is that it's so easy to
change the gui - or more importantly that if you don't like the crazy new
things that have been done to the gui then you can fairly easily go back to
the old one or on to something else entirely. The under-laying system
Tom, you might want to take a look at Linux Mint (current version 17.2) ;
if you're using a desktop as your main box, I think you will find the GUI -
I personally prefer Cinnamon - far superior to Ubuntu's Unity (Cinnamon
can, of course, be installed on Ubuntu to replace Unity) and the OS is
2015-07-18 19:09 GMT+02:00 Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com:
Hi :)
I think this mailing list is often quite helpful about wider issues than it
is meant for.
This mailing list has been quite supportive of people with questions about
various versions of Linux. I really like it when someone who
On Sat, 2015-07-18 at 12:00 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
On 18/07/15 11:35 AM, Luuk wrote:
On 17-7-2015 23:47, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/07/15 05:25 PM, charles meyer wrote:
For those on the list using or contemplating Linux, this was
interesting.
Frankly though, I'm confused as to
On 18/07/15 01:04 PM, Luuk wrote:
On 18-7-2015 18:00, Gary Dale wrote:
Windows is like a pyramid scheme that way. They sucker developers into
using only their products so that users have no choice but to buy
licenses to run their products properly.
And that is exactly why you should not
On 07/18/2015 11:54 AM, charles meyer wrote:
Hi Jack,
You’re most welcome.
I think many Windows users are married to old verbiage they heard
years ago (some unfounded) about how you’ll need to learn to code or
have to learn language like the old DOS to make Linux work and so
propelled by fear
On 07/18/2015 10:08 PM, James Knott wrote:
Tell that to all the scientists who use supercomputers. The vast majority of
them, including my cousin, run Linux.
If you want state of the art software, that costs a fortune, you run *Nix.
If you want almost state of the art, that costs a
Thank you for sharing that, Charles (I'm the author). Glad to know it
resonated.
Jack
On 07/17/2015 05:25 PM, charles meyer wrote:
For those on the list using or contemplating Linux, this was interesting.
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/alternative-is-the-question-linux-is-the-answer/
On 17/07/15 05:25 PM, charles meyer wrote:
For those on the list using or contemplating Linux, this was interesting.
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/alternative-is-the-question-linux-is-the-answer/
No one really addressed software only written for Windows - e.g.
Dragon Naturally Speaking.
For those on the list using or contemplating Linux, this was interesting.
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/alternative-is-the-question-linux-is-the-answer/
No one really addressed software only written for Windows - e.g.
Dragon Naturally Speaking.
There doesn't seem to be a good open source
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