[CS-FSLUG] fyi, migration the other way, linux=>windows

Fred A. Miller fmiller at lightlink.com
Sat Dec 13 15:32:39 CST 2008


Nathan T. wrote:
> Fred A. Miller wrote:
> 
> [snip]
>> openSUSE is the only distro. that will have (on the DVD release) on the
>> upcoming 11.1 release, next week, under "option" to install with KDE
>> 3.5.10.* simply because what users want in 4.1 isn't in it yet, but
>> expected in 4.2. From what I can see, KDE 4 WILL be faster and feature
>> rich, once all the features have been backportred to it, and apps. the
>> same.
> 
> That's not a bad idea. I haven't used KDE in a while, but version 4
> doesn't appeal to me one bit. I don't feel that KDE offers anything over
> Windows XP any more and I've been using Gnome here and there for the
> last few months or so when I'm not in Windows.

I don't use 'Bloze at all....no reason to and many not to. ;)

I've been using KDE 4.* for a few weeks.....checking it out, finding
bugs, and getting used to it because I know sooner or later, my clients,
or at least some of them, will have it.

> I know it sounds like a troll, but I'm being serious. I've had to go
> back to using Windows for Microsoft Office, Omnipage and PDF Converter

'Don't understand that....I've been using OpenOffice for years...NO
reason to use M$. OO produces production ready PDFs.

> Pro when I need to get work done, and I need Windows to run AnyDVD,
> DVDFab, iTunes and Photoshop Elements when I'm not working. I don't have
> much time to use Linux any more, and when I do use it I'm finding Gnome
> more appealing than KDE.

Here again.....I do ALL of the above with diff. software including pro.
photo. with Gimp. Some like Gnome....Tim does, I think. I never cared
for it.

Fred

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