Hi Paul,
Yes, it will be good when people think that Linux is a viable option to
Windoze.
Some do now, but not enough. Some programs aren't even done for the Mac
yet.
(I wonder if that should tell us anything :)
I will be glad when Corel comes out with their Ventura for Linux.
One of the many hats I wear is desktop publisher. Corel Ventura is my
favorite
DTP software. Many people think Pagemaker is the best thing since sliced
bread,
but it doesn't have the level of controls that Corel Ventura has. Of
course,
QuarkXpress is my real favorite, but who can afford that! Corel will be
releasing
their Ventura this summer, can't wait. I am using their WP8 for Linux
now, I really
like it better than anything else and it is free for normal use, and easy
to install.
I still can't do some other things in Linux yet, like my All in Wonder Pro
has TV
capability in windows and I used to broadcast on a channel on our own
'cable'
network. But that portion of the card is not supported yet....at least
not in stable
format. It also has DVD capabilities and I am holding off on that too for
a while.
We went round and round with my Yamaha sound card and USR Sportster modem,
finally my Jim (who has been in Linux for 6 months before I came onboard),
helped
me figure out how to get all the cards to work right. Basically we
tricked Linux
into using the ISAPNP config stuff for part of the configuration and then
disabled
the PnP in bios and it found the modem properly and all works great.
The real problem there is that the last time I booted into Windoze that
has the
same settings as Linux for the sound card, it changed something in the
bios,
even though it is not allowed to, then I had no sound but still had modem
in
Linux. So there we were back at it again, with the boot down, enable PnP,
boot
up, ISAPNP config, boot down and up, verify sound works, then boot down,
delete ISAPNP config, boot up and change bios to no PnP and let it
configure
the modem. So as you can see I am a little leary of going back into
Windoze
even though I need to.
I was disappointed that I couldn't get festival to work on my machine even
though the sound card works for everything else. It works well on Jim's
RedHat Linux box...but I install it and it won't work. I don't get it.
Oh, well ....all in good time. I have only been in Linux for about 3
weeks
now. I love it, but really dislike Netscrappy :) But I really haven't
found a
viable option that does at least what Netscrappy does do. The look is
yukky
to me.
But through all of this I have learned quite a bit. And will continue.
Bambi
Paul wrote:
> On Fri, 12 May 2000, Fran Parker wrote:
>
> >Cute one Paul!
> >
> >Guess some people really miss that stuff that happens in Windows and
> >not in Linux :)
> >
> >I haven't been back in Windows since the I Love You Bug hit.
> >
> >Now, there's a deterrent to Windows that really works.
> >
> >Bummer is I do need to get back in there soon! Some programs in there
> >don't work in Linux yet.
> >
> >Bambi
>
> Hi Bambi,
> I know how that feels. I have to get into Winzzzzz a few times a week
> too. My bank does not have electronic banking for Linux, and also they
> don't trust a web interface.
> Even my work demands that, since teleworking is only available for
> winzzzz... :(
> I guess most of us have stuff like that. But I don't want to get VMware
> for just these 2 things. I'll boot back to NT, do things there quickly,
> and then hightail out of DUH and back into Linuxland :)
> Paul
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