John Boyle wrote:
Walter Hildebrandt wrote:
using 3.0 with WindowsXP. There is a PDF file on my desktop that I would
like to copy the contents into a OOo Writer file and be able to edit the
contents in the OOo Writer file. Can this be done?
To NoOp: I did try Linux for two years, and could NOT understand it nor
get enough help on a couple of points that would have made the
difference! My local supposed guru could care less to help people learn
Linux, unless you have a specific laptop and what he considers the
proper version! Needless to say, I dropped Linux a few months ago, and,
believe me, with my blood pressure and hypertension, I did NOT need the
aggravation! For 2 solid years I tried to learn and got no help, NADA,
ZIP, other than over the internet, which meant LOOOONG distance. IF
there is a LINUX that is user friendly, I CANNOT find it, and, I even
tried Ubuntu, to NO AVAIL! I hope that by the time MSFT drops support
for Win XP altogether, MAYBE then there will be a really usable version
of LINUX, but until then I am stuck with Windows! :-(
Sounds like that guru was a guru of the windbag type. If it was
not installed on the same type of system he has or deals with, he
might not know how to figure out the problems.
My teachers/professors made sure every one in the Network Technology
degree program learned Linux. Red Hat, Mandrake, and SuSe. They
know that Linux ruled the Internet server market. They also knew
that if you only knew Windows, you would not be able to do all that
is needed in the field. That was over 10 years ago since I last
took a Linux class.
Do anyone remember Lindows - the Windows-like Linux OS software.
Gone and not soon enough. If you want a Linux that works like
Windows, you will get something that is as bad as Windows.
Now Linux GUI needs processor power like Windows does, at least the
last version I tried.
XP support has ended or will be in a month or two. Linux never
had that type of support, since there are many flavors to Linux.
Each one needs people who know it well enough to teach others,
who will teach others, etc., etc., etc..
Also, until developers give you the needed drivers with the new
hardware, it will take time for people to want to use Linux, or
could use Linux with the new printers, cameras, scanners, webcams,
and all the things we want to have. I could not find a driver
for a 3 year old printer, let alone a new one.
Maybe one day. Hopefully the next Windows version will help
get more developers to add Linux drivers to their products.
UNLESS MS tells them if they do, then their products will not
be allowed to be supported in Windows.
Well enough of some bad thoughts.
MS rules - for now, but not for too much longer hopefully.
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