Monday 08 December 2003 15.26 skrev eviltwin69@xxxxxxxxxxxx: > Dave, > > The one thing that I would do (I had to do this for my wife because she > has to have Excel for her job) is to buy Crossover Office and Crossover > plugin so that you can load Micro$oft Orifice and some nice browser > plugins. It's well worth the 70 bucks and then they don't have to worry > about format problems. Of course, you do have to own a copy of Micro$oft > Orifice first ;-) Do you get the feeling that I'm not a big fan of > Micro$oft ;-D It's nice to know I'm not the only one that go out of my way to avoid the perils of the evil empire ;) There is however one thing that I have yet failed to get working. I've got a bunch of old games made with Macromedia that my kids like to play. It looks darn impossible to get them working though, probably too old, 16-bit... not supported by anything... /Robert > > Jan > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "linux-audio-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" > <linux-audio-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of "Dave Phillips" > <dlphilp@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 08:39:40 -0500 > To: "A list for linux audio users" <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Is the Linux desktop really here ? was: Re: [linux-audio-user] > ebayguy: looks like he figured it out > > tim hall wrote: > >PS: Watching my nine-year old and various friends use my system, I'd say > > the Linux Desktop for casual users is here, given the availability of > > technical support. IMX it's the configuration that is difficult, not the > > installation & usage. > > Hi Tim: > > A few days ago I wrote to the list and recounted a story about setting > up a Windows 2000 system for some > very non-computer-savvy friends of mine. Well, that saga knows no end: I > had to go to their house yesterday > and get it going for them again. It's true that they are *really* in the > dark about their machine, but it's got so > ridiculous that I've decided on a new plan. I'm going to set up a Linux > box for them and see how they do with it. > These people do very little else but use a Web browser (what they call > "the computer") so I want to see just how > hard or easy it would be for them to use a modern Linux system. It'll be > an interesting experiment, and if I have to deal > with the system at least it will be a real OS with real tools and the > real possibility of actually fixing it if it breaks. > Win2K is nice, but what a vacant system ! I can't believe people have > paid so much and received so little in return > for their money. > > Anyway, if this experiment works I'll report back to this group. The > folks using this box aren't music/sound people, > but I do plan on setting up XMMS, RealPlayer, and possibly xine or > Mplayer for on-line video feeds. Let me know if > you have any suggestions for making it as easy as possible for them to use. > > Best regards, > > Dave Phillips
