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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 04:14:14 GMT, "Net Resident"
wrote: #1 Learn how to post on Usenet by not top posting. BZZZZT. WRONG ANSWER. People can post where ever they want. Bottom post Nazis need to wake up and smell the roses. The year is 2004 not 1994. And don't even think of starting in on that Nazi bull****. That's why I put it in here |
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What is wrong with top posting? If the article is very long top posting is better when the posting comes up in google search engine. You have to hit another button to read the post for very long posts. So with very long articles if you have a short reponse top posting is actually better in my opinion. Whatever. I guess we should all vote for the same person also. Later, Alan "Net" == Net Resident writes: Net Pseudo Namen wrote: LOL. They don't work as flawsless as they do in Windows XP though, especially with DirectX settings turned all the way up. Remember, the programs you talk about are emulators, and thus cannot compete with Windows Native as far as speed, and high color and textures etc... I buy games for the graphics, speed and sound. I don't know of one game that works with EAX4 in Linux. Just because you can get something to work, doesn't mean it works as well. o) Net #1 Learn how to post on Usenet by not top posting. #2 WINE and Net WINEX are not emulators, they are compatability layers. There is Net a world of difference between the two systems. #3 Some games Net actually play better on a GNU/Linux platform, example Morrowind. Net #4 Being happy that you are nearly forced to game on a Net propietary system is retarded. Do you like giving extra money to Net those that want to insure that you are further locked in to Net using their products only? Talk about a vicious circle... #5 Net Companies licensing source out for porting is a win/win/win. |
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Wes Newell wrote in
newsan.2004.07.21.07.15.38.821900@TAKEOUTverizon .net: On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:17:07 -0700, XS11E wrote: Wes Newell wrote in newsan.2004.07.20.20.40.05.864247@TAKEOUTverizon .net: What type apps are you talking about? Quicken, VersaCheck and TurboTax or TaxCut. There are NO Linux equivalents, there aren't even any Windows equivalents. For example, Microsoft Money, Gnucash and Moneydance all say they will import Quicken files, they all lie. Not my files nor anyone else's files that are complex, I'm not the only one who's tried. Well, for Quicken there are 5 Linux programs listed as equivalents. But they're not. They won't do all the things that I use Quicken to do and they won't import Quicken files although they all claim to do so. I don't use any of these personal finance managers, but I've heard of people importing quicken files into gnucash. But you seem to be saying it's not evuivalent simple because they use a different storage format. Nope, I'm saying it's not equivalent because it doesn't have the features and it will NOT import complex files. It might very well work if you use Quicken to track your checkbook but if you have many accounts with multiple banks and brokerage houses, it just doesn't work. The import is done but the files imported are totally incomprehensible. BTDT. Quicken will "sorta" run under Crossover Office but "sorta" does't cut it. So use a native program like gnucash. Which I've already tried to do and proved it won't do the job. VersaCheck will run under Wine but it won't print. The ONLY function of VersaCheck is to print so.... ???? I don't use this stuff either, but found a linux app called Freecheck in a matter of seconds. Thanks, I'll take a look at that. Well then you should definately stay with Windows then if it does what you want and you are happy with it. But to say Linux sucks just because you can't move windows quicken files over to it is just a little on the absurd side don't you think.:-) Nope. I expect software to do what I need done, if it does, I use it. If not, it's not usable for me. Not usable for me = Sucks Clear enough? I'm still playing with Linux and am working at importing Quicken files into Moneydance or some other program. My hope is that if I import one single account at a time, that may work properly but we're talking about many hours of work to do that and the time isn't available so far. |
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On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:04:49 -0500, Pseudo Namen wrote:
"General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message news On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 18:17:28 -0500, Post Replies Here Please wrote: http://www.mozillaquest.com/Linux04/..._Story-01.html I'm a big fan of ASUS and was not aware of this. Whatever. The bigger issue is that Taiwanese companies are focused entirely on cost, quality and customer support take a back seat. A couple of years ago I developed a file server for a medium sized (~$500M) company. Dealing with Supermicro or 3Ware, which are Silicon Valley based, was easy. If there was a problem they did their best to address it. Dealing with Taiwan based companies was impossible, they simply didn't have the capacity or the inclination to respond to even a $500M company so you can imagine how bad the service for smaller OEMs must be like. Unfortunately SuperMicro doesn't make Opteron boards. I believe Supermicro doesn't make any AMD based motherboards. That's right they are strictly an Intel house. It's understandable that they didn't make Athlon boards. There are no industrial quality chipsets for Athlons, all of their Xeon boards use Intel or Broadcom chipsets. They don't use VIA or SIS which is what's available for AMD. They were thinking about offering Opteron boards (see link below) but it hasn't happened yet. With Intel's release of their iAMD processors it's possible that SuperMicro has dropped their plans for Opteron boards. http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/dis...409184718.html |
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Post Replies Here Please's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged
through his body we What is wrong with top posting? If the article is very long top posting is better when the posting comes up in google search engine. You have to hit another button to read the post for very long posts. So with very long articles if you have a short reponse top posting is actually better in my opinion. Whatever. I guess we should all vote for the same person also. the entire idea is that you're not supposed to let the quoted text become unrulely. If you have a short response, quote only the valid part, as I just did. |
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radical_edward wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 04:14:14 GMT, "Net Resident" wrote: #1 Learn how to post on Usenet by not top posting. BZZZZT. WRONG ANSWER. People can post where ever they want. Bottom post Nazis need to wake up and smell the roses. The year is 2004 not 1994. And don't even think of starting in on that Nazi bull****. That's why I put it in here Don't be surprised when you suddenly realize one day that no one is responding to your posts because they all killfile'd you for being a stubbornly wrong Usenet newbie. Speaking of newbies, learn what the Godwin doctrine is. |
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Net Resident's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his
body we Don't be surprised when you suddenly realize one day that no one is responding to your posts because they all killfile'd you for being a stubbornly wrong Usenet newbie. Speaking of newbies, learn what the Godwin doctrine is. Yup, those who invoke Godwin's law are only lashing out in desparation. |
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On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:17:07 -0700, XS11E wrote:
Wes Newell wrote in newsan.2004.07.20.20.40.05.864247@TAKEOUTverizon .net: What type apps are you talking about? Quicken, VersaCheck and TurboTax or TaxCut. There are NO Linux equivalents, there aren't even any Windows equivalents. For example, Microsoft Money, Gnucash and Moneydance all say they will import Quicken files, they all lie. Not my files nor anyone else's files that are complex, I'm not the only one who's tried. Quicken will "sorta" run under Crossover Office but "sorta" does't cut it. VersaCheck will run under Wine but it won't print. The ONLY function of VersaCheck is to print so.... ???? There's other ways of printing checks, I can download MICR fonts and probably create some way to do it, but until Quicken runs under Linux I'll be running Windows. I don't play games, download music, surf the web, etc. My PC is for financial use only and Quicken is why it exists, w/o the three programs above I wouldn't even need a computer! Dang, wouldn't that be nice? ;-) I use Win4Lin to run Quicken, Quickbooks and TaxCut (I used TurboTax in the past and that worked fine on Win4Lin also). I do all of my serious work using Linux applications but for desktop applications where there is no Linux app of comparable quality I use Windows apps under Win4Lin. |
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General Schvantzkoph wrote in
news I use Win4Lin to run Quicken, Quickbooks and TaxCut (I used TurboTax in the past and that worked fine on Win4Lin also). I do all of my serious work using Linux applications but for desktop applications where there is no Linux app of comparable quality I use Windows apps under Win4Lin. I've heard of it and investigated it a little bit and I think it will work..... but if I need to install Windows to run these apps, why shouldn't I just run Windows? I don't quite understand Win4Lin? What I do understand is that it's $89.95 and I already have Windows so I don't see where I'd gain by using it? One more problem, it supports Windows 9x which I haven't run for many many years, I'm not sure I have any of the CDs now, I'd have to check. I do have WindowsNT 4.0, Windows2000 and WindowsXP but I can't find any evidence it will work with them? |
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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:13:30 -0700, XS11E wrote:
General Schvantzkoph wrote in news I use Win4Lin to run Quicken, Quickbooks and TaxCut (I used TurboTax in the past and that worked fine on Win4Lin also). I do all of my serious work using Linux applications but for desktop applications where there is no Linux app of comparable quality I use Windows apps under Win4Lin. I've heard of it and investigated it a little bit and I think it will work..... but if I need to install Windows to run these apps, why shouldn't I just run Windows? I don't quite understand Win4Lin? What I do understand is that it's $89.95 and I already have Windows so I don't see where I'd gain by using it? One more problem, it supports Windows 9x which I haven't run for many many years, I'm not sure I have any of the CDs now, I'd have to check. I do have WindowsNT 4.0, Windows2000 and WindowsXP but I can't find any evidence it will work with them? It will only work with Win9x although a version that supports 2K and XP is supposedly coming. Win4Lin saves you from dual booting and it allows you to run Windows applications simultaneously with Linux apps. You can even cut and paste between Windows and Linux applications. Also it's easy to replicate and backup your Windows environment, all you have to do is rsync your win directory to another machine. If all you want to do is run desktop applications then you are probably better off sticking with a native WinXP environment. I use Linux because it's an at least an order of magnitude more productive for me then Windows. I can run on multiple machines simultaneously both on my local LAN and, through secure shell, across the internet, you can't do that with Windows. My workstation is an old 500MHz PIII, my compute servers are a dual 2.66 Xeon and dual 1G PIII, and I use an old 450MHz PII as my CVS server. If I were running XP I wouldn't be able to divide the load that way and I wouldn't be able to use a 500MHz machine as my main workstation. Also I'd be forced to use a GUI for most things which is horribly ineffecient compared to csh scripts. The stability and lack of viruses is just cream on top of the cake. I also like Galeon much better than any browser that's available for Windows (although now that Firefox is out the gap has been narrowed) and Evolution is at least as good as any e-mail program that's available for Windows. Gnumeric meets my spreadsheet needs every bit as well as Excel. However Open Office sucks compared to Word and FrameMaker, the Linux PDF writer isn't in the same league with Acrobat, and the Linux financial applications can't compete with Quicken and Quickbooks. So for things I use Win4Lin. For power users Linux has huge advantages because of it's network computing capability, it's expandability and it's configurability but it's not a complete solution because of it's weakness in Word processing and Financial Application space. Win4Lin fills that gap. However if you don't need Linux's power then it would be silly to use Linux + Win4Lin, you should just stick with XP. |
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