Ok, here is a curve ball for you Butch; WinBox into a MikroTik router
running v2.8.  <grin>  

Only because recently you said you couldn't WinBox into a v2.8 client router
we were working on together from your Linux machine.  <ducking>

Best,


Brad



-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Butch Evans
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:32 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT......Question

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Travis Johnson wrote:

> Adobe Photoshop

GIMP

> Scansoft Paperport

Don't know what this one is.  If it is a scanner driver, then there 
is one called "sane" for Linux.  There is possibly more 
functionality in your app, but I am not familiar with what it is or 
does.

> Quickbooks

GnuCash works well.  It is not "compatible" with QB, but it's 
functionality is similar and even looks a lot like QB.  I have moved 
most of my invoicing to an online solution (see 
https://butchevansconsulting.freshbooks.com/signup/) for a free 
trial for Freshbooks.  It is a web based application, so it works 
for ANY OS.

> iTunes (for my iPhone)

MP3?  I am not an iTunes user, so perhaps I am missing what you are 
after here, but manipulating MP3 files and interacting with a cell 
phone (via bluetooth, USB or IR) is easy.  There are MANY places to 
download music (legal places like iTunes).

> Streets and Trips 2008

I use google maps for this, but there is another program called 
GpsDrive that will provide you with similar functionality as Streets 
and Trips.  The only thing that may be missing is the ability to 
export your trip data to your mobile phone, if you use that sort of 
functionality.  For use in the car, I don't use my laptop OR phone. 
Instead, I use a GPS for the car, so perhaps there are other 
features that you can't get that I am not aware of.

> Radio Mobile

Hmm...Not sure if RM will run under Linux with WINE, but I see 
instructions to install it, so I presume it will work.

> Quark Xpress

Not sure what this is, either.

> Visio

DIA.  DIA is a diagramming tool with functionality that is similar 
(maybe better) than Visio.

FWIW, the openoffice toolset is a MUCH better solution, IMO than 
Microsoft's Office suite.  I use presentation software ALL the time 
(for the classes I teach), so to me, that is a VERY important 
requirement.  One benefit (for me) to OpenOffice is that it will 
export directly to PDF format.  It can open MS Office documents, and 
even write in that format.  Evolution offers the email solution that 
is similar in function to Outlook, in that it has a contact manager, 
calendar function and can sync with Windows Mobile phones.

Firefox is a better browser, but there is a distribution of Internet 
Explorer for Linux as well, if you have sites that require IE.

There are THOUSANDS of other applications available.  These are just 
a few examples.  Many games are not going to run on Linux, but there 
are a LOT of games available for Linux, too.  I am not a gamer, so I 
can't speak to what is and is not available for this.

-- 
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