Re: [libreoffice-users] Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

I wish I had your experience with Linux. All of my efforts with it on my 
Sony VAIO laptop have been met with frustration.

I recently shared my frustrations with LO on both Ubuntu and Mint (through 
"Wubi" installations) not recognizing the libhyphen hyphenator even though 
it shows in my file system. When Tom suggested that Wubi wasn't the best way 
to go, I uninstalled my Wubi installation and began to experiment with 
several live CDs to see how different distributions worked. Here's what I 
found:

openSuse Live CD: LO worked well with the hyphenator, but it wouldn't play 
Youtube videos.
LinuxMint Live CD: It played YouTube videos, but did not recognize the LO 
hyphenator. Version 15 also won't run a Bible program that I tried to 
install.
Ubuntu Live CD: Same as Mint, but it runs the Bible program.
Debian Live CD: It played YouTube Videos, it recognized the LO hyphenator, 
but on my laptop, it didn't recognize my wireless modem adaptor. I had to 
plug in an ethernet cord to access the Web.
Puppy Linux: I really like Puppy. It runs entirely in RAM, and is lightning 
quick, but is obviously very sparse, with "Gnome Office", i.e., AbiWord, 
Gnumeric, etc. rather than LO. But it runs YouTube videos just fine.

I tried both Ubuntu and Mint on a jump drive where I could actually save 
settings and install additional programs. I found the software installation 
process curious compared to Windows. With Windows, I download the latest 
file, double click on it in "Downloads" and it installs. With Linux, I can 
use Software Manager, but the versions on the GUI repositories are woefully 
out of date. For example, I use ReText, a markdown editor which is currently 
on version 4.1, but the version at the Ubuntu/Mint repositories was in the 
2.x range. To get a more recent version meant going to the command line 
"Sudo apt" this, "Sudo apt" that, etc. Hardly intuitive after nearly three 
decades of GUI computing.

I then tried to "do it right" and dual boot install the Debian system. Yes, 
I know that Debian is less user friendly than the other distros, but I liked 
its totally open source attitude and relative simplicity, even if it meant 
using the command line more. I was willing to learn.

I found a great YouTube video walking through the dual boot install, and I 
followed it to a "T". It worked great, I rebooted into Debian and all was 
good. I then rebooted into Windows and, again, all was good. I then tried to 
reboot into Debian again, and it wouldn't boot. It hung up with a message 
saying it stopped waiting for a "thermal-module.sys" or something like that. 
I then got a blank screen with a clock cursor that I could move, but nothing 
else happened. I tried rebooting several times, and the same thing happened 
each time. I then read online that a recent version of the Linux Kernel has 
been overheating some laptops; I don't know if that was my issue, but it 
scared me. I never dreamed that an OS could actually do physical harm to my 
hardware.

I realized I would have to go online to a great Linux community (and I mean 
"great" sincerely) to find out what was wrong. I'm sure that, given enough 
time, I could figure it out. But, at some point, I decided that actually 
computing was more important than trying to make it a supplemental OS 
working. And, for me, it would always be supplemental as I need some 
programs that only Windows offers.

All of my Windows versions from 1.0 (yes, I had Windows 1.0) through Windows 
7 have worked well for me, and I have never paid for a Windows OS, except as 
it was included in the price of my computers. In my experience, LO has 
always worked better on my Windows systems than any of the LO systems I have 
ever tried.

I mean no disrespect to Linux or penguins. I honestly share your passion for 
Open Source. I use FOSS programs whenever I can. As I have stated before, I 
*really* want to like Linux, but every time I have tried it, either with a 
Windows installer, Live CD or even "true" dual boot (I once had a true 
Ubuntu dual boot), I run into a some roadblock that requires a large 
investment of time to chase down. I feel that, with Linux, I'll spend more 
time maintaining my OS than actually getting work done.

So, I'll continue to use Windows until it stops working or MS comes up with 
some licensing scheme that suddenly turns me into a criminal by just using 
their program.

Virgil



-----Original Message----- 
From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2013 8:32 AM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)


We are not weird, just passonate about Open Source.

Actually, to be honest, having some type of penguin stuff animal or sign
at our work desks can be a good conversation starter for Linux, Open
Source Packages, and even LO.  Instead of you coming to them, they come
to you and would not be concidered rude on your side to answer questions
when they come to you.

The Penguin Defence Squad poster was just something to give others a
good laugh.

Well, to be perfectly honest, it is weird for us to . . . .
1 - want to pay for an operating system for our computers, if we get a
good one for free.

2 - want to pay for an office suite when you can get a good one for free
- think LO

3 - want to deal with all of the crashes and other stability issues

4 - want to have the OS "type" that runs most of the Internet and other
"must be up 99.99% of the time" servers?

5 - want to have the freedom to choose what the desktop environment will
look like - Untiy, KDE, MATE, and a whole lot of others - instead of
what some big company boss decides you must like.

It is called Freedom

by the way
more and more industries are moving over to Linux as their primary
business systems, desktop and server, and dropping MS products, after MS
decided that everyone wanted those little tiles on your computer and
many other things that businesses really do not want.

Would you have 10+ windows open and on the screen or minimized to the
"tray"?  When I work, I tend to have many windows open at the same time,
or minimized so I can interact with all them creating my documents.
Last Time I tried it on Windows, Vista or Win7, it was a nightmare.

I really love Ubuntu Linux over Windows 7.  I started using Linux when I
could not find a free Windows package to do what I needed after the
Windows package crashed and would not allow me to reinstall it.  I have
been using it as my default desktop since early spring of 2010.  I have
all my Windows laptops dual booting to Ubuntu as well.  There are
something I need Windows for, but I rarely use it more than a few times
a month.

Yes, we are weird, but it is a good weird.

On 10/05/2013 07:44 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> These two messages 'splain a lot. You Linux dudes are really weird. ;)
>
> Virgil
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster
> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 8:53 PM
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Corrupt Installer Errors??
>
>
> I collect every non-movie-character penguin stuffed animal as I can
> find.  I think they are cute, for some odd reason.
>
> Still, it would be interesting to see more Tux Penguin "items" being
> sold somewhere so you could have a "Tux" on your desk or door, or
> somewhere.  Then if the ask why you have a pengiun there, you could tell
> them.  Actually, I found severl hundred penguin images that have the
> character dressed in super hero and other "costumes".  I even have a
> self made poster stating that my place is defended by a Penguin Defence
> Squad with about a dozen costume character penguines that are dresses in
> such a way that I would not want to have a bunch of humans dress liked
> that I had to go up against, even if a few look more Halloween costume
> than real type people would wear.
>
>
>
>
> On 10/04/2013 11:09 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > Maybe consider being nice to them and getting a cute cuddly penguin
> > as a present.  Also see if you can spot anyone that already has a
> > penguin on their desk as they might be more amenable to using
> > OpenSource software.
> >
> > Personally i tend to hate cute and cuddly things but even so if it
> > was a penguin that would make me smile.  Penguins are so cool,
> > especially Tux
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >  From: contrazz <diggle@contrawise.net>
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 4:59
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Corrupt Installer Errors??
> >
> >
> > Wow!
> > Nice thread hijack, folks!
> > >From busted downloads to nefarious Wi-Fi in three easy steps!
> >
> > My company's firewall doesn't allow torrent downloads.
> >
> > I never use IE unless it's the only option.
> > I used Firefox and Chrome - with identical, broken results.
> > Eventually, I took one of the computers off-site, and immediately got
> > a good
> > download.  .
> > Back inside the perimeter, another try yielded another broken file.
> > I'll grouch to my IT crew about it tomorrow.
> >
> > Hope y'all have fun with the Wi-Fi thread ... !
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > View this message in context:
> > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Corrupt-Installer-Errors-tp4075791p4075945.html
> > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.


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