On 05/06/2014 11:10 AM, BillW50 wrote:
"Caver1" wrote in message
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On 05/05/2014 06:54 PM, BillW50 wrote:
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On Mon, 5 May 2014 08:30:57 +0200, Aka wrote:

I have transformed my slow (8 years old) Windows XP notebook into a
speedy Linux Mint one, at no costs, including Libre Office.

Extra bonus: No virus catchers needed for Linux.

Linux Mint was a bit slow for me, so I installed Xubuntu on my
brother's old (+8 year) desktop. I copied his Fx and TB profiles. I
didn't even need to explain it to him how it all worked. :-)

Sure, but it is that way with all toy OS (Linux, Android, iOS,
Windows RT, Palm OS, etc) and applications. Sure they are fun to play
with and easy to use, but they are not built for real productive
work. I only use those OS for toying around and they not much good
for anything else. Although for some, that is all they ever need.

What work can't you do in Linux?
Obviously really haven't really used you Linux for work. Especially
lately.

Really? There are so many things that I can't do under Linux that I can
with Windows. There is an endless of things...

1) Palm support hasn't been updated for about 20 years now.

I don't know anybody that is still using Palm with the advent of smart
phones and tablets and Linux does support them.

2) WMV and WMA media files plays terribly under Linux. Most of my files
are in these two formats..

3) Windows supports hundreds of media formats out of the box while Linux
supports only a small fraction.



Use a better format. Anyways those are MS only so how are you suppose to
run them in Linux? Most codecs are supported if you use the right program.

4) No support for my AverMedia TV tuners.

There are several TV tuners that Linux supports. Maybe Linux will
support yours in the future maybe not. linux is adding drivers all the
time. drivers all the time. Windows is dropping drivers all the time.
There are ways of using some Windows drivers in Linux.


5) No support for my Precision Xtra glucose meter.

Proprietary.
You could ask someone to write a driver for you or write your own.

6) Many games are not available in Linux format.

Two things. 1. There are more games being added all the time.
2. Who cares about games we were talking about getting real work done.

7) Logitech doesn't support Linux pairing with the Unifying Receiver.
Sure you can do it with hacks, although the hacks are unsupported
as well.

The point you mentioned is that it is possible. Not all "hacks" are bad.

8) I haven't found one text editor or word processor that supports "text
with layout" or the WordStar diamond keyboard shortcuts yet.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordSta...tar_emulation-
Although no current version of WordStar is available for modern operating systems,


some former WordStar users still prefer WordStar's interface


Joe, the Joe's Own Editor, has the feel of most PC text editors: the key
sequences are reminiscent of WordStar and Turbo C editors, but the feature
set is much larger than of those. Joe has all of the features a Unix
user should expect: full use of termcap/terminfo, complete VI-style Unix
integration, a powerful configuration file, and regular expression search
system. It also has six help reference cards which are always available,
and an intuitive, simple, and well thought-out user interface.

Joe has a great screen update optimization algorithm, multiple windows
(through/between which you can scroll) and lacks the confusing notion of
named buffers. It has command history, TAB expansion in file selection
menus, undo and redo functions, (un)indenting and paragraph formatting,
filtering highlighted blocks through any external Unix command, editing
a pipe into or out of a command, and block move, copy, delete or filter.

Through simple QEdit-style configuration files, Joe can be set up to
emulate editors such as Pico and Emacs, along with a complete imitation
of WordStar, and a restricted mode version (lets you edit only the files
specified on the command line). Joe also has a deferred screen update to
handle typeahead, and it ensures that deferral is not bypassed by tty
buffering. It's usable even at 2400 baud, and it will work on any
kind of sane terminal.
Or here;
http://forum.wordstar.org/index.php/...ww.youtube.com
Or here;
/watch?v=Zm_g4Cs7EpQ
PuppyLinux e3
e3 is a console text editor with multiple personalities, A single
executable that emulates other editors.WordStar,Emacs,Pico,Nedit, orvi



9) My favorite browser is Maxthon v3. There is no Linux version, just
the Maxthon Cloud Browser for Linux and I am not interested in any cloud
based applications.
That is a personal choice. There are several browsers for Linux that get
the job done.
10) The Linux support for touch screens is often very tedious. While
under Windows it works right out of the box.
Here;
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/touchscreen
Any distro that has Gnome-Shell 3.10+

That is just 10, I can keep adding to this list all day for years.


Keep trying maybe some day you'll find one.

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Caver1