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Finally, I want to try this one =)
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personally i run an old ati all in wonder pro 32mb and it works just fine for me, but then i'm not a die hard gamer (mind you it does run broken sword 3 the sleeping dragon (in windoze) perfectly and according to the specs the game requires at least a geforce2 64mb !!! and recomends a geforce4 ti 4200 !! ahhhh my poor old ati is working so hard and so well after all these years.
nuff said?
Oh my 9100 runs great in Winodows too... it is Linux it has problems with.
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Don't use Menudrake
This is good to know.
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@ramfee. As already answered by QChem. Abiword can save in MS document format.
@gowator. Actually Abiword runs fine on the PIII 450's... server for OO might work, but the other reason for using Abiwrod is the more user friendly interface.
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Yes, we have a fair number of free licenses for StarOffice already and use OpenOffice too. The problem with StarOffice and OpenOffice is that the interface seems to confuse a fair number of users. We also run a couple of PIII 450's and Star/OpenOffice launches slow on these older boxes.
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Thanks for the feedback. Showed them AbiWord and Mozilla.
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Life on the cutting edge.
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The problems I have had with Mandrake 10 are minor. Got my sound card and other hardware detected properly and the original install went flawlessly. Not needing to mount and unmount CD's and floppy's will help many a Windows convert (one of the most common problems I have had with people trying out Linux).
On the other hand, in 2 years I don't think I have converted anybody to Linux.
Reasons:
1. It wont run most games.
2. It wont run some apps like MSOffice/Kazaa... yes there is a alternative, but people want the same program.
On the other hand I have moved a lot of people over to Mozilla and OpenOffice.
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I am not an expert. Only tried Mandrake and RedHat. RedHat... was less problematic IMHO but offered less... but that was pre Fedora days. I am not sure what RedHat on the "cutting edge" is like.
One of the other persons here may be able to help you.
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Anyone here make the jump yet? Is it much faster? What does it do better?
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Last time I used ML was with version 8.2. I first went to Mandrake for its reputation as being a user friendly distribution. Jumped to RedHat when they came out with the simplified BlueCurve desktop and anti-aliased fonts. With the support for RedHat 9 expiring, I jumped back into Mandrake 10 and found out it had most of the things I went to RedHat for, plus a few things like Supermount, which is working well for me.
I can see why Mandrake has not been able to make the same waves RedHat has. I would have to put it to "quality control". Despite efforts, I cannot get 3D Acceleration with my ATI card. I think I need to use a different Kernel version to get it to work. I cannot watch VCD which use to work fine with RedHat and Xine. The other day I tried to install the Gnome desktop (from the OE CD's) and got an error during the install. Also I cannot seem to play a Region 3 DVD (not sure if I could do this with RedHat).
In the end... I am happy with it, a few minor problems for me considering I still dual boot with Windows. But for most homeusers the problems I outlined would be show stoppers and back to Windows they would go.
Maybe Mandrake should let the other distro's go forward and be cutting edge and iron out what they already have? A bit short of the mark for the home desktop. To be fair, so was RedHat, but we do knwo that they are not targetting the home desktop.
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Here is a memo I am sending to try to establish a better software policy for a Free Legal Aid Office (names of the Unversity and Office have been removed). Giving it on Monday. Any comments?
It has been more than a year since the University made a decision to move towards Open Source/Free License software. Pursuant to this Linux operating systems with OpenOffice productivity suits have been installed on the Office's personal computers. The reason for this was mainly to cut down on licensing fees. At the same time migration to the Linux operating system would increase security.Up to the present time, the students in the University have not been able to adopt to the use of the Linux operating system. While the efforts were laudable, implementation was too drastic and did not take into account the needs of the individual units of the College. The newer personal computers purchased by the Office have Microsoft Windows and OpenOffice installed.
At the present time I do not believe it is feasible for the Office to move to a Linux/OpenOffice environment, or even th Microsoft Windows/OpenOffice environment. OpenOffice, while a very powerful office suit, has a complicated interface. OpenOffice is also a resource intensive application and would run slowly on some of the Office older personal computers.
On the other hand, the Office does not need a full office suit with a word processor, spreadsheet, HTML application and presentation creator. A simple word processor would suffice for 99% of the Office's needs.
I recommend instead that the Office continue to use Microsoft Windows with a combination of OpenSource/Free License software.
Another matter that needs to be addressed is security. Should the Office continue to use MS Windows. Several Microsoft applications and the use of the Microsoft word should document prone to exploitation by malware should be stopped. From a cost standpoint, Microsoft Windows cost about Five thousand to Nine Thousand pesos (Php5,000-Php9,000) per installation. Microsoft Office costs between Ten Thousand to Sixteen Thousand pesos (Php10,000-Php16,000) per installation. Hence, a significant amount of saving can be acheived by simply not using Microsoft Office, even if we continue to use Microsoft Windows.
I recommend that the following measures be implemented for the schoolyear 2004-2005:
1. Continue to use Windows 98.
2. Uninstall Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. These programs are not used by the Office, but are often exploited by trojans and worms.
3. Install Mozilla Firebird as a replacement web browser for Microsoft's Internet Explorer. While Microsoft's Internet Explorer cannot be removed from from Windows 98, all shortcuts leading to it should be deleted and Mozilla Firebird can be set as the default web browser. Firebird's interface is almost identical to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, hence migration to this browser should not be difficult.
4. Install AbiWord in place of MS Office and OpenOffice on all personal computers. AbiWord is free license, has a user friendly Microsoft Office like interface, can run even on the slowest personal computers and can read and edit Microsoft Word documents.
5. On machines for users who need a spreadsheet application, install OpenOffice together with Abiword.
6. Adopt Rich Text Format (*.rtf) as the official format to be used for Office's documents.
Notably, Abiword, Mozilla Firebird and OpenOffice are compatible with Linux operating systems. Hence we can continue to use these applications should we This would make a migration to Linux operating systems easier in the future.
Students can also be provided with copies of these programs on compact disc so that they can install it on their own personal computers at a minimal (Php10-Php15) cost.
This document was prepared on a Linux platform with AbiWord and printed on a Windows machine with Microsoft Office.
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If you want to get AbiWord 2.0.6 you will find it here. With KDE/ML10 it does have a problem though. When you highlight something you wont see what you are highlighting (it won't shade or color the laters/words you are selecting).
http://norlug.org/~chipster/rpm_handler/ca...norlug.i586.rpm
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For those of you who have not seen AbiWord yet, here is a screenie of its nice clean GUI:
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Thanks. That's cool.
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How do you find out how much you have use/have left in ML10?
Thanks.
moved to software - tyme
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You can nominate programs you want to add to the project. I don't chat or use IM's so I guess a better leave that task to someone who knows these programs well.
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Actually I am pretty happy with OpenOffice. The interface though could use some work. But I wil chek out numeric.
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I remember back in 2000 or 2001, I tried a 0.9 release of AbiWord and was impressed by the small size of the download and the user friendly interface. I remember reading on their website back than that the plan was to come up with a complete Office suite as an alternative to the MS Office. I quess OpenOffice had done that. And it looks like AbiWord will be relegate solely to a Word Processor with very low system requirements.
Too bad though, because those people as Abisource know how to make a more user friendly interface than OpenOffice and the thing is ligth and fast.
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Found an interesting project. Its a Windows CD with the following applications:
Office & Design:
OpenOffice.org, AbiWord, PDFCreator, GIMP
Internet & Communication
Mozilla, Miranda IM, FileZilla, TightVNC, WinHTTrack, PuTTY
Multimedia & Games
Audacity, CDex, Tux Paint, Crack Attack!, Sokoban YASC,
Neverball, Celestia, Really Slick Screensavers
Utilities & Other
7-Zip, SciTE, WinPT, NetTime
One step closer to getting people to move to Linux. Wean them first on apps with Linux versions. :D
AMD Athlon XP equiv. to Intel Pentium 4 1.3ghz
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Your Pentium 4 1.3GHz is a Socket 423 Pentium so even the newer Pentium in the market wont work. You might still be able to find an older Pentim somewhere though (last produced 2 years ago). You memory is also either SDRAM or RDRAM.... both of which wont work with a motherboard that supports an XP2500+.