Re: [libreoffice-users] Migrating from Windows; take it slow

Hi :)
I meant to say earlier that often (although probably not in this case) there is usually something 
somewhere in Gnu&Linux-land that does do exactly what.  The problem most people have is finding it 
and it's forum or mailing-list.  
Regards from
Tom :)  


--- On Tue, 24/7/12, Lynne Stevens <jackie40d@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Lynne Stevens <jackie40d@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Migrating from Windows; take it slow
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Tuesday, 24 July, 2012, 18:26



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*So install virtual box in LINUX and add the guest additions then add the extended pack and you can 
run or use any thing from inside windows I use it to run all kinds of junk not YET in Linux like 
the drives for ADS Instant video transfer from the TV to the computer and use Pinnacle Studios to 
make movies with Linux see's the item and windows runs it . .
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On 07/24/2012 05:58 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
> The real problem for many people is the hardware and software needs.
>
> I still have some USB hardware that does not work on Linux.  No working drivers.
>
> Then there is the problem of having to use certain software, for work or pleasure, that you 
> either cannot find a good Linux alternative or you MUST use.  There is the option of WINE, but 
> some software seems not to want to work under that.  Personally, I have never gotten WINE to work 
> for me, but that is just me.
>
> I made a personal choice and used Ubuntu when I bought my last "default" desktop.  I had to 
> adjust to some of the software though.  I still have the Windows laptops [single or dual boot] to 
> deal with the need Windows software.  My Epson printer prints on DVD media, but I have not found 
> any replacement for its Windows software to do that work.  There is a graphic program that I 
> bought for Windows that works much easier that GIMP, so if I have trouble with an image/graphics, 
> I need to work on it with that Windows software.  BUT, most most of the work I do, Ubuntu and the 
> free software for it works for me.
>
> So, even though I use Ubuntu as my default system, I still need to keep Windows around for those 
> things that I cannot find drivers and software version for in Linux.
>
> Even version of Linux differ.
> The scanning part of my Epson printer does not work at all with Ubuntu 10.04, but will work on 
> 12.04.  I updated the software and drivers I use for it on my 10.04 system, but still not luck. 
> Something in 12.04 makes it work that I seem not to be able to get with 10.04.
>
>
>
> On 07/24/2012 08:37 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > Virtualisation is good but if it's a question of drivers for a particular piece of hardware then 
> > it might not work.  It might, but it if the underlaying OS can't see it then i don't see how the 
> > virtual machine that is sitting on top of that OS is supposed to see it.
> >
> > It is possible to use emulators or even better is WINE (stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") 
> > but that is a lot more sophisticated and hence slightly harder to set-up initially for some 
> > programs.
> >
> > The worst way around is to have a Gnu&Linux in a virtual machine on Windows because then the 
> > stability of the unix-based systems is sitting on top of the flakiness of Windows so you end-up 
> > adding the worst of each OS.  A dual-boot means each is directly on bare metal so it gives a 
> > fair comparison.  Windows inside a virtual machine inside Gnu&Linux sounds like it's going to be 
> > ver stable too.
> >
> > Ubuntu and Puppy and possibly a few others have a magic way of installing inside Windows.  It 
> > avoids 1 of the layers between bare-metal and the OS because it avoids the virtual machine bit.  
> > The Ubuntu magic way is called the "Wubi".  Again you are adding the worst of each OS and in 
> > addition the "drives" are really compressed files but it's fast and easy to install and many 
> > people keep using such things for years with no problems. Obviously it's not made by Microsoft 
> > and so every once in a while someone has troubles with Windows trying to reject it but that is 
> > fairly rare.  We used to get about 1 question per month that was specifically about the Wubi and 
> > solved by moving to a dual-boot.
> >
> >
> > So, there are tons of different ways of avoiding wiping Windows and that seems to be the best 
> > way to make the migration much more gentle and less stressful.  Throwing yourself to the lions 
> > is the fastest way to learn to deal with lions (or die) but there is no real need to create so 
> > much stress.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 24/7/12, Simon Cropper <simoncropper@fossworkflowguides.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Simon Cropper <simoncropper@fossworkflowguides.com>
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Migrating from Windows; take it slow
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Date: Tuesday, 24 July, 2012, 11:05
> >
> > On 24/07/12 19:36, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
> > > On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:41:59 -0400 webmaster-Kracked_P_P
> > > <webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:
> > > > Anyone who really wants to learn how to use Linux as a replacement
> > > > for Windows, try dual booting a system if you do not have a spare one
> > > > to try Linux with as its only OS.
> > >
> > > G'day.
> > >
> > >
> > > The other option for the odd trip back to windows is virtualisation.
> > > Mostly, you can tell the system to let windows use a device as if you
> > > had booted into windows
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > >
> > > Keith Bainbridge
> > > PO Box 324
> > > BELMONT Vic 3216 Australia
> > >      +61 (0)408 522 706
> > >
> > > keith.bainbridge.3216@gmail.com
> > Visualization also has the added benefit of a shared clipboard and being
> > able to work on the same data at the same time (well nearly).


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