Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-12-02 Thread William Ballard
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 12:54:47AM -0600, John Foster wrote: > systems. It does provide online downloads for many different types of > financial institutions and of course for banks. If for some reason your bank Wow, that's slick. MSMoney 2005 is the first version that does automatic integratio

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-12-02 Thread John Foster
On Tuesday 30 November 2004 12:33 am, Steve Lamb wrote: > Alex Malinovich wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 22:21 -0500, Christian Convey wrote: > >>The only other things I really care about working under Linux are: > >>- Quicken, which sufficiently well under Wine that I have no complaints, > >> an

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-30 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 04:54:45AM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 08:08:03PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:38:12PM -0600, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: > > > > > I've used Linux virtually exclusively for ten years. About the only > > thing I current

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 07:04 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004 Nov 29 23:03 -0600]: > > > My uncle uses SR (speech recognition) when "writing". He speaks > > the paragraphs in while walking around (long cord on the mic :) > > or laying back thinking. Then he ed

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-30 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004 Nov 29 23:03 -0600]: > My uncle uses SR (speech recognition) when "writing". He speaks > the paragraphs in while walking around (long cord on the mic :) > or laying back thinking. Then he edits it in Word. At one time, some years back, I thought that IBM

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-30 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 08:08:03PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:38:12PM -0600, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: > > > I've used Linux virtually exclusively for ten years. About the only > thing I currently use MS Windows for i

Re: Linux Gaming (Was: Full replacement of MS)

2004-11-29 Thread Jean-Michel Hiver
If you have nVidia. ATI, you're left in the cold. I bought a Transgaming subscription when they announced support for City of Heroes. It's not 3 months later and I've not played one second of City of Heroes. In fact I've not even made it to the login screen. I've complained about it sever

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 10:33:32PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Do any of those do any syncing with the banks like Quicken does? I > finally weened myself from Quicken when I got pissed off at Wells Fargo for > the final time. It was nice, though, to have Quicken sync with them > whenever I

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Steve Lamb
Ron Johnson wrote: On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 23:37 -0600, Kent West wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: I'm sure that his teachers wouldn't be impressed that he knows what ... "bash", etc mean. Ah, but does he know what "tcsh" means? I'm sure that would impress his teachers :-) Then again, *I* would look at

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Steve Lamb
Alex Malinovich wrote: On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 22:21 -0500, Christian Convey wrote: The only other things I really care about working under Linux are: - Quicken, which sufficiently well under Wine that I have no complaints, and There are a few different alternatives in Linux. Personally, I use gnuca

Linux Gaming (Was: Full replacement of MS)

2004-11-29 Thread Steve Lamb
Paul Johnson wrote: On Monday 29 November 2004 5:31 pm, you wrote: I agree I got fed up with WinXP and wiped it 3 months ago. There is very little you cant do on linux. the only thing that I miss is graphic-intensive gaming.. Same here. That's the only reason my game machine is Win2k as th

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 29 November 2004 9:39 pm, you wrote: > where would i find flightgear? Debian package flightgear, of course -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ursine.dyndns.org/ pgpGlCYLxAaYF.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 23:37 -0600, Kent West wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > >My 6.75o > >son likes xnethack, though. It and wanting to be a spy was what > >interested him in really learning to read. > > > >I'm sure that his teachers wouldn't be impressed that he knows > >what ... "bash", etc mea

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Kent West
Ron Johnson wrote: My 6.75o son likes xnethack, though. It and wanting to be a spy was what interested him in really learning to read. I'm sure that his teachers wouldn't be impressed that he knows what ... "bash", etc mean. Ah, but does he know what "tcsh" means? I'm sure that would impress hi

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 21:49 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004 Nov 29 21:03 -0600]: > > > Unfortunately, many specialized apps (voice recognition and child- > > rens popular edutainment games come immediately to mind) don't > > have adequate (or *any*) native co

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 29 November 2004 6:28 pm, you wrote: > Thanks!!! Know if there are any equivelants to MS Flight > Simulator 2004??? Yup, flightgear sounds like what you're looking for. -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ursine.dyndns.org/ pgpkUbNeEjpnC.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 22:21 -0500, Christian Convey wrote: --snip-- > The only other things I really care about working under Linux are: > - Quicken, which sufficiently well under Wine that I have no complaints, and There are a few different alternatives in Linux. Personally, I use gnucash and I l

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004 Nov 29 21:03 -0600]: > Unfortunately, many specialized apps (voice recognition and child- > rens popular edutainment games come immediately to mind) don't > have adequate (or *any*) native corollaries. > > Broderbund-type home software (Calendar Creator, G

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Christian Convey
I can at least say that the Blue Clues games from Humungous Entertainment do just fine well under Wine for me; as good or about as good as when I run them on Windows. The only other things I really care about working under Linux are: - Quicken, which sufficiently well under Wine that I have no comp

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 20:14 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: [snip] > These days there is almost little technical reason to wonder if Linux > can function on the desktop. With the availability of some finely > crafted live CDs (many based on Debian), trying the Linux desktop is a > snap. Gone are the

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Nate Bargmann
I started to play with Slackware '96 back in September of 1996. I dual booted with DOS and Win 3.11. Although I'd boot back and forth it wasn't ideal as I wouldn't commit to doing many useful things on the Linux side. I went to Win95 in August of 1997 and it never really had any problems. Howeve

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 29 November 2004 5:31 pm, you wrote: >> I just got fed up, wiped my system and threw away my copy of Win95 in >> 1997. Your mileage may vary, but I strongly recommend total >> immersion like the way I did it. > > I agree I got fed up with WinXP and wiped it 3 months ago. There is

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Steve Lamb
ken keanon wrote: I'm still toying with the idea of fully replacing Windows w Debian GNU/Linux. The doubt I am still having is this: will I be able to use all the data that I had created under Windows, those documents, emails, images, audios and videos? Anyone has done a complete and successful

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Wendell Cochran
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:48:33 -0800 From: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [SNIP SNIP] > I just got fed up, wiped my system and threw away my copy of Win95 in > 1997. Your mileage may vary, but I strongly recommend total immersion Like Paul, I was converted to Linux by Win95's recalcitrance

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 21:08 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 02:25:26PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 20:08 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > --snip-- > > > I've used Linux virtually exclusively for ten years. About the only > > > thing I current

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Jim Hall
ken keanon wrote: Hi, I'm still toying with the idea of fully replacing Windows w Debian GNU/Linux. The doubt I am still having is this: will I be able to use all the data that I had created under Windows, those documents, emails, images, audios and videos? Anyone has done a complete and succe

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread David P James
On Mon 29 November 2004 14:20, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 05:36 -0800, ken keanon wrote: > > Or should I carry out a > > MS Backup of all these data to a CD-RW and use it for the > > conversion under LInux? Would like to hear from you. > > Well, one problem is that the MS Backup for

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 29 November 2004 5:36 am, ken keanon wrote: > Hi, > > I'm still toying with the idea of fully replacing Windows w Debian > GNU/Linux. The doubt I am still having is this: will I be able to use > all the data that I had created under Windows, those documents, > emails, images, audios

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread David Mandelberg
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Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 02:25:26PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 20:08 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > --snip-- > > I've used Linux virtually exclusively for ten years. About the only > > thing I currently use MS Windows for is listening to the BBC, which uses > > Real Pla

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 20:08 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: --snip-- > I've used Linux virtually exclusively for ten years. About the only > thing I currently use MS Windows for is listening to the BBC, which uses > Real Player output. Have you tried RealPlayer 10 yet? The few media formats that m

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 20:08 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:38:12PM -0600, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: > > > > ken keanon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the folowing: [snip] > I've used Linux virtually exclusively for ten years. About the only > thing I currently use MS Windo

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:38:12PM -0600, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: > > ken keanon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the folowing: > > Hi, > > I'm still toying with the idea of fully replacing Windows w Debian > GNU/Linux. > The doubt I am still having is this: will I be able to use all the data > tha

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 05:36 -0800, ken keanon wrote: > Hi, > > I'm still toying with the idea of fully replacing Windows w Debian > GNU/Linux. The doubt I am still having is this: will I be able to use > all the data that I had created under Windows, those documents, > emails, images, audios and

Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
ken keanon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the folowing: Hi, I'm still toying with the idea of fully replacing Windows w Debian GNU/Linux. The doubt I am still having is this: will I be able to use all the data that I had created under Windows, those documents, emails, images, audios and videos? An

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
ken keanon wrote: Hi, I'm still toying with the idea of fully replacing Windows w Debian GNU/Linux. The doubt I am still having is this: will I be able to use all the data that I had created under Windows, those documents, emails, images, audios and videos? Anyone has done a complete and succe

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Curt Howland
Ken, I haven't used Windows in years, happily. Do you use any Windows-specific software that has no F/OSS equivalent? Office files are covered by OpenOffice.org, media files are covered by XINE, XMMS, and others. Printers, cameras, memory cards, all taken care of. But there are proprietary ap

Re: Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread Emil Perhinschi
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 05:36:26 -0800 (PST) ken keanon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm still toying with the idea of fully replacing Windows w Debian > GNU/Linux. The doubt I am still having is this: will I be able to use > all the data that I had created under Windows, those documents, >

Full replacement of MS

2004-11-29 Thread ken keanon
Hi,   I'm still toying with the idea of fully replacing Windows w Debian GNU/Linux. The doubt I am still having is this: will I be able to use all the data that I had created under Windows, those documents, emails, images, audios and videos? Anyone has done a complete and successful conversion? Wil