Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-17 Thread Stevens
On Saturday 17 March 2007 11:54, Peter Bradley wrote: > Ysgrifennodd Stevens: > > In this part of the world the response is to say, "You are entitled to > > your opinion, no matter what I think of it." Of course, you can infer > > from that what I thought of your kind suggestion. > > > > You have a

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-17 Thread Peter Bradley
Ysgrifennodd Stevens: In this part of the world the response is to say, "You are entitled to your opinion, no matter what I think of it." Of course, you can infer from that what I thought of your kind suggestion. You have an odd concept of "polite". I have a problem with a process on this sys

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-17 Thread Stevens
On Friday 16 March 2007 10:53, Sunny wrote: > On 3/16/07, Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then maybe you can call, skype or IM me and tell me what I am doing > > wrong, because Suse 10.2 is the only system that it doesn't work on > > here, and I have done (3) 10.2 installs so far. > > > > em

IE4Linux (WAS: Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often))

2007-03-16 Thread Kai Ponte
On Friday 16 March 2007 08:43:46 pm Mike McMullin wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 21:25 +, Peter Bradley wrote: > > Ysgrifennodd David Brodbeck: > > > Some sites are still designed for > > > Internet Explorer only, and it will be a cold day in hell before > > > Microsoft ports that to Linux. > >

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 21:25 +, Peter Bradley wrote: > Ysgrifennodd David Brodbeck: > > Some sites are still designed for > > Internet Explorer only, and it will be a cold day in hell before > > Microsoft ports that to Linux. > > > > > I understand you can get it to work in CrossOver Office.

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread David Brodbeck
Kai Ponte wrote: > IE is a core part of the operating system and cannot be removed. It is > always > running. > > Don't you remember? :P If you *do* remove it, with something like XPlite, you find out just how many applications depend on its DLLs. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Kai Ponte
On Friday 16 March 2007 06:02:16 pm Doug McGarrett wrote: > I think IE will run under WINE, if I remember the posts to this list > correctly. Personally, I don't care if I receive something that only > runs under IE, even tho I have a Windows machine. It never has > IE running. IE is a core part

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Doug McGarrett
On Friday 16 March 2007 15:29, David Brodbeck wrote: > BandiPat wrote: > > One thing to remember here. These sites are not always designed well or > > correctly. Either on purpose or just stupidity, they don't always > > build their sites with everyone in mind, nor do they bother testing > > beyo

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread James Knott
David Brodbeck wrote: > BandiPat wrote: > >> One thing to remember here. These sites are not always designed well or >> correctly. Either on purpose or just stupidity, they don't always >> build their sites with everyone in mind, nor do they bother testing >> beyond one browser. Sad, but t

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Doug McGarrett
On Friday 16 March 2007 07:31, Adam Williams wrote:> Summary of snipped part: If the system is set up by someone who knows the Unix/Linux environment, the average Joe or Josephine will never miss Windows. > > > My goal is to be able to sever the Windows umbilical that so many > > > people are at

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Kai Ponte
On Friday 16 March 2007 03:35:44 pm Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 23:18 +0100, Richard Bos wrote: > > Op vrijdag 16 maart 2007 23:11, schreef Adam Tauno Williams: > > > It actually works quite well on just the Wine version that ships with > > > openSUSE. IE has worked in Wine

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 23:18 +0100, Richard Bos wrote: > Op vrijdag 16 maart 2007 23:11, schreef Adam Tauno Williams: > > It actually works quite well on just the Wine version that ships with > > openSUSE. IE has worked in Wine for quite awhile. > Do you have a procedure how to install it? What li

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread David Brodbeck
Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > It actually works quite well on just the Wine version that ships with > openSUSE. IE has worked in Wine for quite awhile. > I don't know why, but Wine has always fought me at every turn. I've never successfully gotten it to run anything more complicated than Solit

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Richard Bos
Op vrijdag 16 maart 2007 23:11, schreef Adam Tauno Williams: > It actually works quite well on just the Wine version that ships with > openSUSE.  IE has worked in Wine for quite awhile. Do you have a procedure how to install it? What libraries are needed? -- Richard Bos Without a home the journ

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
> > Some sites are still designed for > > Internet Explorer only, and it will be a cold day in hell before > > Microsoft ports that to Linux. > I understand you can get it to work in CrossOver Office. If you really > want to. It actually works quite well on just the Wine version that ships with

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Richard Bos
Op vrijdag 16 maart 2007 22:25, schreef Peter Bradley: > Ysgrifennodd David Brodbeck: > > Some sites are still designed for > > Internet Explorer only, and it will be a cold day in hell before > > Microsoft ports that to Linux. > > I understand you can get it to work in CrossOver Office. If you re

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Peter Bradley
Ysgrifennodd David Brodbeck: Some sites are still designed for Internet Explorer only, and it will be a cold day in hell before Microsoft ports that to Linux. I understand you can get it to work in CrossOver Office. If you really want to. Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread David Brodbeck
BandiPat wrote: > One thing to remember here. These sites are not always designed well or > correctly. Either on purpose or just stupidity, they don't always > build their sites with everyone in mind, nor do they bother testing > beyond one browser. Sad, but true fact of life. Very true. If

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Sunny
On 3/16/07, Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Then maybe you can call, skype or IM me and tell me what I am doing wrong, because Suse 10.2 is the only system that it doesn't work on here, and I have done (3) 10.2 installs so far. email me off list to continue this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fred Fre

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Stevens
On Friday 16 March 2007 03:02, Clayton wrote: > > What I want is a system that has a web browser that can display the > > streaming videos included on many websites, including the different > > news services like Reuters, ABC, CNN, etc at Yahoo.com and the > > trailers at film.com. Basically the sa

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Adam Williams
> What I want is a system that has a web browser that can display the > streaming videos included on many websites, including the different news > services like Reuters, ABC, CNN, etc at Yahoo.com and the trailers at > film.com. Basically the same functionality that a Windoes user would have > on

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Clayton
What I want is a system that has a web browser that can display the streaming videos included on many websites, including the different news services like Reuters, ABC, CNN, etc at Yahoo.com and the trailers at film.com. Basically the same functionality that a Windoes user would have on the same w

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-15 Thread BandiPat
On Thursday 15 March 2007, Stevens wrote: > Lee: > > What I want is a system that has a web browser that can display the > streaming videos included on many websites, including the different > news services like Reuters, ABC, CNN, etc at Yahoo.com and the > trailers at film.com. Basically the same

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-15 Thread Sunny
On 3/15/07, Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If it were that simple, I would not be bitching. I did not follow the thread from the beginning, so what is the problem? That is my point. They run with Windows and should also with Linux. They _are_ proprietary. Bitch to their authors, and wh

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-15 Thread Stevens
On Thursday 15 March 2007 11:53, Sunny wrote: > On 3/15/07, Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I want is a system that has a web browser that can display the > > streaming videos included on many websites, including the different > > news services like Reuters, ABC, CNN, etc at Yahoo.com a

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-15 Thread Sunny
On 3/15/07, Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What I want is a system that has a web browser that can display the streaming videos included on many websites, including the different news services like Reuters, ABC, CNN, etc at Yahoo.com and the trailers at film.com. Basically the same functiona

[opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-15 Thread Stevens
On Wednesday 14 March 2007 22:59, you wrote: > Fred, > Give Zenwalk a look/try! If you want KDE and other things, ZW would be > the choice, but if you just want a speedy fast Linux, take a stab at > Vector! Might save you a lot of time rather than dealing with FC6. > > regards, > Lee > > I see yo