On Friday 10 April 2009, 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! :-(
Part of the problem John, is starting to use windows n the first place. I came to linux from a full blown Amiga, and before that a trash 80 color computer. The amiga busted its gut and got retired, but the coco is still operational, in fact I have 2 sessions of minicom accessing it right now, one of them over bluetooth. Out of all the linux boxes here, 5, this is the only fedora based box. One is running busybox/dd-wrt, one is semi-retired, and 2 are running kubuntu of one flavor or another, one fixed where its at by virtue of running emc to run my small milling machine, the other is an experimental box called goat cuz its sacrificial. Not having learned most of the bad habits of windows has made it a lot easier for me to use linux. And starting out with the coco and os9 as its os, I had a lot of the *nix stuff already burned into my being before there was even a windows to run. BTW, I'm 74. And of course, YMMV. :) This list knows well that I still have to yell for help. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) You had mail. Paul read it, so ask him what it said. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
