Re: Anybody using OpenOffice 2.04 (Linux) under Xandros?

On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:43:17 -0600, BillW50 in comp.sys.laptops wrote:
Both Xandros and Ubuntu uses Debian applications. So what am I missing?

A lot of distros use Debian applications; Debian is a well engineered
distro and not constrained by commercial realities in that they only
release an application as stable; when it's truly stable and with
minimal bugs.

But; it depends where any distro gets their debian applications -- Just
because they are a *.deb doesn't necessarily mean that they were
manufactured or engineered by debian. Debian has many distros and is
the only distro that supports pretty much every architecture known to
man.

Linux the kernel & GNU are often used in far more demanding roles than
any MSFT Windows OS is/are. Trust me when I say that your NSA sure as
hell doesn't use MSFT Windows! They use hardened Linux old boy.

While rootkits are relatively new in the Windows world, they have been
plaguing *nix users for almost the past 20 years now.

No they haven't. Most UNIX administrators know how to lock down a box.
Most exploits come from enabled web services.

First thing many of us UNIX do is install GNU applications on
other Operating Systems <ie> always goes on any Solaris installation
I'm responsible for. That's because many of the GNU applications are
written damn well. If you have experience, you should have known this.

Don't use Solaris, sorry. Nor does 99.9% of the world does either.

So?! Since when does many mean quality? You're using the same old
tired arguments that only a troll uses. Get a fricking life! Stay with
windows; I don't give a flying crap what you use.

Of course if your only experience has been Xandros etc., and many of
the projects on Freshmeat or SourceForge, then you're forgiven for not
knowing what you're talking about. Most of the projects on Freshmeat
are written by compsi students, so they're not expected to be at the
height of their competency. That's why they're in school.

I've used Xandros for the last couple of years because it works. While
Ubuntu and Puppy Linux does not. Well okay 9.04 does work, but like all
Linux I've tried, are terrible in the multimedia department. At least my
three year old Xandros can handle more multimedia file types than Ubuntu
9.04 can so far.

The issue is between the chair and the keyboard Bill.

If you have UNIX experience it's much easier -- But as a
programmer you sure don't seem very familiar with source files ...

That was years ago when all we had was WordStar, dBase, and
SuperCalc. If you wanted anything else, you had to write your own
programs. And I sure did a lot back then. Then when applications
became plentiful, I was more than happy to let others do it. :-P

Well I wrote machine code circa 35 years ago and am still doing so
today.

Are you sure you are writing machine code? I did that many years ago
too. But everybody I knew gave that up about 30 years ago. And they use
assembly language instead of machine code. Which is more or less the
same thing. Although assembly is a program language that generates
machine code for you. Which is much easier to use than to think in 1's
and 0's, and all of those logic gates.

No I write machine code, simply because the applications I write are
used in situations that if they fail it would be catastrophic; Think of
aeronautics and military systems. No top level languages used!

Now stop being a troll and either get it working or STFU! There is
plenty of how-to's around the net; just use your favourite search
engine.

O BTW look at FLAC it's far better than mp3 and along with OGG is
supported heavily on GNU/Linux.
.

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