On Friday, November 01, 2013 11:01 AM Simon P Smith wrote
At the risk of being burnt at the stake :-)
Many good suggestions in this thread but let me throw up one more...
You said free software. Whilst I use postgres and MySQL extensively
some clients
are M$ shops and so the database
On Friday, November 01, 2013 12:54 PM Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell wrote:
Oh, regarding firebird, I find on my ubuntu box that:
sudo aptitude install flamerobin
Installs firebird and a GUI client called flamerobin, if you've got a
preference for firebird over sqlite.
Thanks but will try
This may be outside what DLUG normally discusses. If so please say and I
will look elsewhere.
I am looking for free software to run under Linux to implement a small
database. A free version of MS Access would be ideal! Access is part of MS
Office professional and allows you to create and run
Hi Folks
Some while ago I decided it was about time to change from Windows to Linux.
Having heard from you guys about the UEFI issue, and having other
distractions I held off. I have now bought a laptop from Linux Emporium with
Unbuntu 13.04 plus a beta version of 13.10 preloaded. It's running
Further to message below it now seems to me that the article referred to
below is not recent. I wish people would date their articles.
-Original Message-
From: David Smith
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 3:21 PM
To: Dorset Linux User Group
Subject: Good news on Windows 8/UEFI?
Hi
On Friday, October 11, 2013 3:29 PM Simon P Smith wrote
The UEFI does not stop you running executable code on the windows
operating system, you need something like lumension/sanctury for that
sort of control.
Where it does sit is between the BIOS and bootloader so that only
signed operating
Just to say that due to a series of domestic disasters, I have neither the
money to buy a laptop nor the time to get up and running with Linux in the
near future. Thank you all for your advice which I am filing carefully, and
hope to resume in a few months.
David Smith
-Original Message
Message-
From: Terry Coles
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 6:20 PM
To: Dorset Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [Dorset] Hi from pissed off Windows user in Weymouth -
wantingto change
On Thursday 21 Mar 2013 11:49:37 David Smith wrote:
One more question - the laptop I buy will have webcam
Thanks Tim, will pass on Bournemouth but hope to meet some of you in Dorch
sometime. Thanks to rest of you for all your advice. I will carefully store
all your messages and refer to them when I get that far.
One more question - the laptop I buy will have webcam and audio built in.
Will there
have in the past created a website by typing naked html into a text
editor. Have also written a bit of javascript and php. However in the future
I will stick to using wordpress.com.
I am a dinosaur brought up on punched cards and struggle to keep up.
regards
David Smith aged 72
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Many thanks to Andrew and Terry. That's plenty to be going on with. Will let
you know how I get on.
regards
David
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