Linux-Advocacy Digest #303, Volume #31 Sat, 6 Jan 01 17:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux is crude and inconsistant. (J Sloan)
Re: Windows 2000 ("Les Mikesell")
Re: Big government and big business: why not fear both - www.ezboard.com (Johan
Kullstam)
Chance for Real Advoacy (Russ Lyttle)
Re: Deja No News (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Almost 60% Surveyed Plan To Install Windows 2000 (J Sloan)
Re: RPM Hell (J Sloan)
Re: RPM Hell (Donovan Rebbechi)
Re: Red hat becoming illegal? (Donovan Rebbechi)
Re: RPM Hell ("Tom Wilson")
Re: RPM Hell ("Tom Wilson")
Re: RPM Hell ("Tom Wilson")
Linux now or Linux(TM) tomorrow ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: you dumb. and lazy. (*)
Re: 2.4 finally made official (James Knott)
Re: Computers, monopoly... (WAS: Re: Big government and big business: why not fear
both - www.ezboard.com) ("David Brown")
Re: 2.4 finally made official (James Knott)
Re: Big government and big business: why not fear both - www.ezboard.com ("Tom
Wilson")
Re: Linux is crude and inconsistant. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: linux reaches the big screen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Linux is crude and inconsistant.
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 20:12:30 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 6 Jan 2001 17:06:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (.) wrote:
>
> >No, you havent, since the SB Live has not existed for "years". This
> >is an outright lie. You are an outright liar, just like all of your
> >previous incarnations on this group, and doubtlessly all of your future
> >ones.
>
> SBLive is at least 3 years old. Do some research before you show your
> ignorance.
Well, 3 years old is indeed "years", so he would be correct.
> >Word perfect for linux is actually not a wine port, since it predates wine
> >by at least two years. Another lie.
>
> It is therefore a native Linux program?
WordPerfect 7 & 8 are indeed native Linux programs.
> So it doesn't need wine to run?
Exactly - however, wp 2000 is wine-based, but the package
includes wine, and it is not obvious...
jjs
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From: "Les Mikesell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows 2000
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 20:18:06 GMT
"Erik Funkenbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:1_q56.9004$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Note that Microsoft did not offer these until AFTER forcing
> > all competing WYSIWYG editors out of the market.
>
> What are you talking about? When Office 97 was released (in 1996) it
> included the filter so that Word 95 could read Office 97 documents on the
CD
> (as well as a free download).
I don't remember that as being the case in the original release and I know
the download either wasn't available or wasn't publicized until many
months after it was needed because everyone I know was literally forced
to upgrade from word95 for no reason other than to be able to read
the attachments being sent by people who bought new PC's with
Word97 pre-installed. Even if the 97 CD did contain a filter, I don't
see how that helps the people who have word95 and obviously don't
have a copy of the 97 CD.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: alt.fan.bill-gates,alt.destroy.microsoft,alt.microsoft.sucks
Subject: Re: Big government and big business: why not fear both - www.ezboard.com
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 20:24:15 GMT
"Tom Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Tom Wilson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Worst of all, they *lock* you into Microsoft.
> > > > I wonder where the idea for WinModems came?
> > > >
> > >
> > > A scheme to reduce hardware costs by using software to provide error
> > > correction and data compression.
> > >
> >
> > Then why were the drivers provided *ONLY* for LoseDOS?
>
> Probably due to the fact that most folks not running MACS were running
> Windows 95 machines.
>
> >
> > Why was it not called "cheaperModem" or something like that
> > (you know...something that ties it to lower cost, not M$ Lose__ products.
>
> Putting the word cheap in your product name has a pretty negative
> connotation.
> In the case of WinModems, the negative connotation is pretty
> accurate <g>
but the real modems do not have text saying (to the effect) "i am
a real modem and i work with any system." you would think that it'd
be a selling point and the lettering would be a close to 5 feet high
as the package would permit.
> Why a company with the reputation US Robotics had, produced that crap is
> beyond me!
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: Russ Lyttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Chance for Real Advoacy
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 20:25:51 GMT
Here's a chance to do some real advocacy. A friend who runs a small wine bar wants to
upgrade his computer system and put in a
full POS. He currently has an iMac and a Cube he wants to keep & integrate into the
system. He needs a good data base manager,
card scanner, etc. The system will probably consist of a server, terminals for art
development and administration/accounting,
and 2 or 3 POS terminals. He wants to avoid PCs if possible due to bad experiences
with crashes. Any suggestions?
--
Russ
<http://www.flash.net/~lyttlec>
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Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Deja No News
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 20:26:18 GMT
"David Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> T. Max Devlin wrote in message
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I'm posting this message to point out that I am stripping that annoying
> >petition request from my signature. This should be the last post
> >showing it. I know its annoying,
>
> Can you persuade other posters to drop their absurd, meaningless and overly
> long signatures too? Your's at least had a point, although it got a bit
> tedious after a few months. There are others who have far longer, and far
> less meaningful signatures - perhaps Deja should delete old archives, or at
> least those with a high signature-to-content ratio.
or at least get a large ascii art to look at. something with
two-handed sword of a conan the barbarian type are considered the
best.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Almost 60% Surveyed Plan To Install Windows 2000
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 20:39:01 GMT
Todd wrote:
> Not only are we planning to go with Windows 2000 100%, but we are going with
> the multi-language version on all 100,000 desktops... a lot of revenue for
> MS
Yes, we know your firm is very windows centric -
However, not all firms are so windows crazy as yours...
> It's the only way to go if you are multinational... UNIX can't touch that
> capability. And yes, we have our own UNIX version.
I am quite familiar with HPUX - it lags behind modern Unices
such as Solaris, AIX, FreeBSD or Linux - I was surprised
how primnitive it seemed. However, it does handle huge loads
quite nicely without rebooting - I have a number of HP servers
that have been up for over a year now. A far cry from windows...
> It isn't close to 2000
> in language capabilities. Linux isn't even in the ballgame in that regard.
> Can't compete whatsoever.
You are apparently ignorant of what is current.
KDE internationalization is not at all bad - nothing like
your harsh remarks would indicate...
jjs
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From: J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM Hell
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 20:41:18 GMT
Todd wrote:
> "kiwiunixman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > rpm -i --nodeps --replace *.rpm
>
> Now *that's* intuitive.
Much more so than the arcane pee cee registry details
and command lines that one has to deal with windows
problems.
However, someone like you can always use a graphical
front end to rpm, not the raw command line.
jjs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: Re: RPM Hell
Date: 6 Jan 2001 20:53:34 GMT
On Sat, 06 Jan 2001 15:34:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>On 6 Jan 2001 07:30:57 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
>wrote:
>
>>Look, KDE is the f*cking GUI for god's sake. Do you upgrade the Windows
>>GUI without an "operating system upgrade" ? The fact that Linux even gives
>>you flexibility to upgrade the GUI while leaving the rest of the
>>system untouched is a testimony to its power and flexibility.
>
>Bullshit. The Penguinista's are constantly extolling the virtues of
>Linux's package management over Windows Install shield. Tell the
>person who runs kde, has all his applications launch from kde and may
>or may not even know what a CLI is that kde is just the GUI. To him it
>is his entire system.
Whatever. You've just substantiated my argument and not refuted it. The
post I was addressing complained that upgrading KDE required upgrading
the whole system. So if KDE "is the whole system" to the end user, then
it's pretty hard to see why this is a problem. So while I agree with the
above paragraph, I don't see how it contradicts anything I've said.
>What good is flexibility when the choices presented all suck?
"Suck" is not an objective term.
>I'd rather have one consistent and high quality UI like Windows or Mac
If in your subjective view these are better, then just use them.
>>The fact that you're not bright enough to do it properly is not Linux's
>>fault.
>
>In my case I used the Mandrake update CD they were kind enough to send
>me. Click on Live-Update in Drakconf and away it goes as per the
>instructions. Restart kde and it is completely dead, as is X and just
>about everything else.
>
> So now what Einstein?
No comment, haven't used DrakConf. But I haven't had any of these problems
myself. The package management works great for me. The problem is most probably
something you could by posting to the help groups (as opposed to whining in
advocacy groups)
You obviously prefer Windows and Mac, so it really makes me wonder
why you bother using Linux. (perhaps you just pretend to use it so
you can troll usenet?)
--
Donovan Rebbechi * http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/ *
elflord at panix dot com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Red hat becoming illegal?
Date: 6 Jan 2001 20:55:51 GMT
On Sat, 06 Jan 2001 09:41:47 GMT, Tom Wilson wrote:
>
>"Donovan Rebbechi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 23:24:36 -0500, Aaron R. Kulkis wrote:
>> >Donovan Rebbechi wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 03:11:59 GMT, Chad Myers wrote:
>> >>
>> >> You've cleverly diverted this into a discussion about the conduct of
>> >> the Fl court as opposed to the Dems.
>> >
>> >The Florida Supreme court is 100% Democrat, every one appointed
>> >by former gov. Lawton Chiles.
>>
>> I believe you're confusing "Democract appointee" with "Democrat".
>> Last I heard, the judges were not supposed to be affiliated with
>> political parties.
>
>They're no different than any other person - Bias and ideology seeps
>through. Total objectivity is something people just aren't that good at.
I agree (sort of). THough the cause and effect are probably mixed up.
Judges get appointed be party X because they have compatible views with
party X, not the other way around.
I agree that political cases are very difficult (and they'd probably be
near impossible in a jury trial)
--
Donovan Rebbechi * http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/ *
elflord at panix dot com
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From: "Tom Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM Hell
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 20:58:45 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On 6 Jan 2001 07:30:57 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
> wrote:
>
>
> >Look, KDE is the f*cking GUI for god's sake. Do you upgrade the Windows
> >GUI without an "operating system upgrade" ? The fact that Linux even
gives
> >you flexibility to upgrade the GUI while leaving the rest of the
> >system untouched is a testimony to its power and flexibility.
>
> Bullshit. The Penguinista's are constantly extolling the virtues of
> Linux's package management over Windows Install shield. Tell the
> person who runs kde, has all his applications launch from kde and may
> or may not even know what a CLI is that kde is just the GUI. To him it
> is his entire system.
> What good is flexibility when the choices presented all suck?
>
> I'd rather have one consistent and high quality UI like Windows or Mac
> than have a collection of half done inconsistent UI's that don't even
> interact well with each other.
Then take your silly ass to comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy.
On second thought, Claire, just stick around. I find your posts amusing!
Though this refers to another thread...
I rather doubt your Impala would stand a chance against a Boxster. That
Impala is awfully heavy. If you're pushing the mid 400hp range, running
411s, and actually know how to hole shot, you could possibly do it. If the
race were more than a simple 1/4 mile drag and involved cornering, forget
it. Your Impala can't handle excessive lateral Gs like the Boxster can.
You'd be eaten alive.
>
>
> >The fact that you're not bright enough to do it properly is not Linux's
> >fault.
>
> In my case I used the Mandrake update CD they were kind enough to send
> me. Click on Live-Update in Drakconf and away it goes as per the
> instructions. Restart kde and it is completely dead, as is X and just
> about everything else.
>
> So now what Einstein?
If all of these posts about your bad Linux experiences are true, I wouldn't
trust you to operate a toaster oven.
How can one person be this incredibly dense and inept?
>
>
> >Hint: download the src.rpm packages and rebuild on your system,
> >or download packages that were built against your system. Duh!
>
>
> Rebuild the system from scratch is more like it because it takes less
> time to re-install.
>
> So much for Linux's package management.
>
> Flatfish
> Why do they call it a flatfish?
Because, when hooked to an electroencephalogram, you register a flat line?
> Remove the ++++ to reply.
I'd rather talk to /dev/null, thank you <g>
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From: "Tom Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM Hell
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 21:04:59 GMT
"Pete Goodwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:LVB56.14577$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Another Steve/Claire/whatever troll. The pseudonyms are too numerous to
> > list anymore. What you're responding to didn't actually occur to the
> > original poster; he/she just surfs for problems in other newsgroups and
> > then adds a great deal of elaboration and posts here for the pleasure of
> > seeing the responses.
>
> So these are real problems then?
Perhaps, but they certainly aren't Steve/Claire/Whomever's. No one person
could be that inept and still exist outside of an outpatient program.
These stories have been rehashed and embelished over time.
Telling them is Steve/Clair/AliasOfTheWeek's hobby, I'm afraid....
I view it as comic relief.
--
Tom Wilson
Sunbelt Software Solutions
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From: "Tom Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM Hell
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 21:07:36 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
<snip>
>
> So how do you explain why the Mandrake Update CDROM turned a
> functioning system into a veggie? It was mainly a kde upgrade.
Life's way of telling you to take up knitting?
--
Tom Wilson
Sunbelt Software Solutions
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux now or Linux(TM) tomorrow
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 20:59:10 GMT
I am concerned with the growing number of linux distrobutions
unavailable or extrememly inconveniant to users with a less then dsl
service
also as the following for linux grows will micro$oft or some other
vested intrest company attempt a grab at the gnu lincense by modifieing
linux just enough to make it uncompatible with standerd linux and thus
make the common user more inclined toward there version because of the
infamy of their name...
linux as we all know is at a less then mature level of development as
an os(lack of drivers and uncompatability with hardware)
but as it advances how will the other big vested intrests react to it?
if in 5 years time 50% of the server world and 25% of the standerd user
world running Linux instead of windows or Unix what will happen?
will big intrests attempt a squash down on linux before then?
or will one of the major distributers of linux now ie.red hat or
macmillin sell there intrests to one of them who would be able to make
linux more compatible and also charge money for this compatability>?
i mean teh GNU protects the OS but not the applications for it and as
we have seen before microsoft protects everything
so as we move along in the road linux as an OS where will we be when
big intests and the powers that be take a serious intrest in takeing
back what linux stole?
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: you dumb. and lazy.
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 21:13:28 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sat, 06 Jan 2001 17:47:00 GMT, * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >haha. you sure showed them. yuppies think too much!
> >
> >of course. then. they do go on to hamptons. to beautiful houses. and
> >celebrities like you say.
>
> I live in the Hampton's.
> Duhhhhhh.
i'm stupid because i don't know where you live?
hm.
> And as a locals who live here year round,
interesting. so you really are more than one person..
> we can't stand the likes of
> Speilberg, Puffy Combs and their hanger-on's and such.
right. if all the cultured folk would just leave, yousall could get back
to raping sheep or whatever the hell the white trash there did before
the movers and shakers came in and bought the place..
you make me sick.. :)
y'r pal -kK
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From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: 2.4 finally made official
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 21:20:08 GMT
Why shouldn't MS "journalism" be as shody as their
software? ;-)
David Steinberg wrote:
>
> Glitch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : http://www.msnbc.com/news/512189.asp
> : It's about time.
>
> No kidding! Talk about shoddy journalism, eh?
>
> Linux 2.4.0 was released yesterday! Could imagine MSNBC being a day late
> covering the release of a new version of Windows?
>
> --
> David Steinberg -o)
> Computer Engineering Undergrad, UBC / \
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v
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From: "David Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.fan.bill-gates,alt.destroy.microsoft,alt.microsoft.sucks,comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Computers, monopoly... (WAS: Re: Big government and big business: why
not fear both - www.ezboard.com)
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 22:14:55 +0100
Ayende Rahien wrote in message <937rmh$9q1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>However, the reason I wouldn't get a Mac anytime soon is that apperantly no
>one can raise the PPC over the 500 Mhz limit.
>
The wonders of marketing will never cease. An 1000 MHz PIII must obviously
be far more powerful than a 500 MHz PPC, just as a 40 million line Windoze
OS must obviously be far more user friendly and reliable than a 10 million
line Mac OS.
In case you didn't spot the sarcasm, the PPC is significantly faster for
most purposes than a PIII or similar at the same clock speed. And faster
clocks do not produce equivilently faster performance - a PC with a 1000 MHz
PIII is not going to be more than 30% (at most) faster than the same PC with
a 500 MHz PIII.
If the software and hardware you need are available for the Mac, you will
almost certainly find it much faster and cheaper in use than a Windoze PC.
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From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: 2.4 finally made official
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 21:21:46 GMT
Why shouldn't MS "journalism" be as shoddy as their
software? ;-)
David Steinberg wrote:
>
> Glitch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : http://www.msnbc.com/news/512189.asp
> : It's about time.
>
> No kidding! Talk about shoddy journalism, eh?
>
> Linux 2.4.0 was released yesterday! Could imagine MSNBC being a day late
> covering the release of a new version of Windows?
>
> --
> David Steinberg -o)
> Computer Engineering Undergrad, UBC / \
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v
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From: "Tom Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.fan.bill-gates,alt.destroy.microsoft,alt.microsoft.sucks
Subject: Re: Big government and big business: why not fear both - www.ezboard.com
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 21:28:43 GMT
"Johan Kullstam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Tom Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Tom Wilson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Worst of all, they *lock* you into Microsoft.
> > > > > I wonder where the idea for WinModems came?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > A scheme to reduce hardware costs by using software to provide error
> > > > correction and data compression.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Then why were the drivers provided *ONLY* for LoseDOS?
> >
> > Probably due to the fact that most folks not running MACS were running
> > Windows 95 machines.
> >
> > >
> > > Why was it not called "cheaperModem" or something like that
> > > (you know...something that ties it to lower cost, not M$ Lose__
products.
> >
> > Putting the word cheap in your product name has a pretty negative
> > connotation.
> > In the case of WinModems, the negative connotation is pretty
> > accurate <g>
>
> but the real modems do not have text saying (to the effect) "i am
> a real modem and i work with any system." you would think that it'd
> be a selling point and the lettering would be a close to 5 feet high
> as the package would permit.
That's the thing. Technically, WinModems ARE real modems in that they
modulate and demodulate. The only difference is in the error correction and
data compression of said signal. I guess a good thing to include on the box
would be "Fast Hardware Compression and Error Correction" or something to
that effect.
Personally, I don't care since I always use external modems. They may cost a
bit more, but they're well worth it.
> --
> J o h a n K u l l s t a m
> [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Don't Fear the Penguin!
--
Tom Wilson
Sunbelt Software Solutions
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Linux is crude and inconsistant.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 21:35:48 GMT
On Sat, 06 Jan 2001 20:12:30 GMT, J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>WordPerfect 7 & 8 are indeed native Linux programs.
Point taken.
I was talking about the latest version, the Wordperfect 2000 edition.
>> So it doesn't need wine to run?
>
>Exactly - however, wp 2000 is wine-based, but the package
>includes wine, and it is not obvious...
That is what I meant, it needs wine to run either included or packaged
with the product the result is the same.
The same thing applies to the latest Linux version of MusicMatch
Jukebox which is a 13 meg behemoth including wine , that runs slow as
molasses.
IMHO if software vendors want to support Linux they should have native
versions of the programs instead of this wine version stuff.
This was a problem with OS/2 as well because people would use the
Windows versions under WinOS so there was no real reason to write
native OS/2 versions, although some did, like Wordperfect for example.
>jjs
Flatfish
Why do they call it a flatfish?
Remove the ++++ to reply.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: linux reaches the big screen
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 21:42:50 GMT
On Sat, 06 Jan 2001 15:25:15 -0500, Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>http://www.msnbc.com/news/512394.asp
Oh no.... :(
I can hear the squishy sounds of the Penguinista's in the balconies of
theater's around the world whacking their trouser snakes while
watching screen shots of Gnome on the big screen.
This may be their collective "big moment".
Geeze...I had to wait in line to see the Grinch but they gave each
person a little Grinch key chain.
Maybe you guys should give away a CD with the latest version kernel on
it? That will sure bring them in to see this puppy.
Bet I can walk right into this sleeper.
I'll be sure and sit far away from the balcony though :)
Flatfish
Why do they call it a flatfish?
Remove the ++++ to reply.
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