I suspect many people on the list have apps they wish were compiled / compatible with their preferred OS but aren't.
Of greater interest to me is Apple's effective appeal to freedom and openness despite offering technology that is in many respects, less free (or at least, less hackable) than those from Microsoft. Do they simply take advantage of a !notMicrosoft binary mentality that seems to pervade certain circles of computer users? Kevin On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Stephen Paul Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > >>> I >>> rely heavily on a GTD-compliant to-do app called Things, which I >>> haven't found a Linux replacement for. >> >> Try Nexty (http://nexty.sourceforge.net/). I have no personal >> experience with it. > > I've personally found that GTD works best in simplicity (I use > textfiles) but some people I know like Things.app a lot. > >> I used GnuCash for my personal finances for a couple years and it did >> the job quite well. I'm not sure if this is the sort of financial >> management tool you're looking for. > > GnuCash++ > >>> I have this >>> display for my calendar called iCalViewer which puts my calendar on my >>> desktop or over my screensaver etc. which I am in love with that I'd >>> like to clone for Linux, but there is currently no equivalent. >> >> You might be able to find a Compiz Fusion widget to do this >> (http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/Plugins/Widget), although I'm not sure >> if that's the right tool for the job. > > A compiz widget may work, or just the evolution popup when you click the > clock in GNOME. > > - -- > Stephen Paul Weber, @singpolyma > Please see <http://singpolyma.net> for how I prefer to be contacted. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFIxVNo6oSxepE9BOsRAj9qAKCSIDduFFnv8ZLDJSlRYexeCL2RgACeM86B > NRqEzcqgGSQ7OmIpQTGydqA= > =nYeK > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- )_)_)_)_)_)_ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
