Rant about unnecessary Windoze usage

[Mike Ballon]

Have you tried wine, it's come a long way since first introduced.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael JA Miranda [mailto:michaeljamiranda at juno.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 10:40 PM
To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
Subject: [luau] Re: Rant about unnecessary Windoze usage


The only thing truly holding me back from completely working with linux
is my email program.  I use the Juno free service.  I've been using it
for almost four to five years now and all my friends know it by heart. 
So unless someone comes up with a linux hack for the Juno mail service,
I'm keeping windows running on my laptop.  Of course, they could just go
out of business within the next year and that would pretty much do it.

On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 02:48:03 -1000 bfarnell at gte.net writes:
> I'm still running Linux, for about 6 months now, but I'm about to go
> back.  My Chinese gets rustier everyday, there really isn't much in 
> the
> way of Linux Chinese applications, and what there is has proven very
> difficult and confusing to install.  
> Brian
> 
> 
> Dusty wrote:
> > 

> > I would have to agree!  With exception of Visio and Games there is 
> no reason to run windoze.  I spend my entire day on *nix of some 
> sort.  I have had a couple problems with word docs in star office, 
> just because my job requires me to write insanely complex word docs, 
> but I still use star office and some other windoz user fix the odd 
> formating.
> > 
> > Dusty
> > 
> > >      I have a windoze desktop next to my Linux portable, but it 
> is

> > > mainly relegated to burning CD-Rs and running windoze apps.  I 
> do
> > > virtually everything in Linux, so I of course use Linux apps 
> like
> > > Quanta, which of course is free.  I use SSH as well, from Linux, 
> and
> > > Mozilla for my browser/email instead of from Outlook (no visual 
> basic
> > > viruses for me).  I am largely disappointed by the large number 
> of linux
> > > enthusiasts who continue to use windoze when a preferable linux
> > > alternative exists.  For example, rather than using windoze to 
> move
> > > things around windoze networks, I use the various smb utilities, 
> and a
> > > wonderful app called linneighborhood that effortlessly finds and 
> browses
> > > any windoze domain/workgroup.  I long ago gave up photoshop for 
> Gimp
> > > (still haven't gotten the new 1.2 though), Word/WordPro have 
> been
> > > replace by Star Office, and the same goes for Excel and Lotus.  
> The only
> > > holdouts: I can't view quicktime files, and I can't proof my 
> HTML in
> > > Internet Exploder under Linux.  I've also been too lazy to set 
> up
> > > printing to all of our printers on my linux laptop.  For 
> everything
> > > else, there's simply NO reason to even boot up in Windoze.
> > >
> > > -Jeff
> > >
> > >
> > > Warren Togami wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'd hate to admit it, but yes I too use Frontpage 2000.  (But 
> don't bash me
> > > > too hard.  I use vi 75% of the time for other things.)
> > > > I have to admit that Frontpage is damn good for the job and I 
> already have
> > > > it... came with my computer.  Quick and easy GUI editing for 
> expediance, and
> > > > a HTML mode when I need it (very often).  Anyone know of a 
> free alternative
> > > > to Frontpage that works just as well?
> > > >
> > > > And I would have to disagree that Frontpage mangles your code. 
>  That may
> > > > have been true with Frontpage 97 and Frontpage Express, but 
> 2000 seems to be
> > > > good in leaving your existing format intact.  Yeah, it isn't 
> perfect, but it
> > > > isn't very bad like earlier versions.  I find those <DIV> tags 
> annoying.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ok, you may now flame me now, but please find me a better (and 
> free) editor.
> > > > If its any consolation I have three SSH sessions open all the 
> time, and I
> > > > use Cygwin... and I'll convert away from Outlook Express one 
> day, but for
> > > > now I'm too lazy.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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