Hi Anders,
I *am* a newbie, but I would think half of what you said here would be fairly obvious. I do like the SuSE system and I just wish I could do my VB,
I understand that there is a project, I think it's called GB or GnomeBasic, to implement VB under linux. I don't know much about it, but from what I've read on the discussion sites, it's supposed to be source level compatible.
Interesting. I wonder when it'll be ready.
VC++, and SQL Server dev on the operating system and run a couple of the games that (my wife) currently plays (before I get told to use MySQL and one of the Linux/Unix based C++ compilers, keep in mind this work is for the company and so it won't be quite acceptable to them). If I could do
Well, if your employer orders you to use windows there isn't much one can do. In future we may have wine to hope for. When (or if) that project is ever finished, the idea is that you can program WinAPI programs under linux that are completely source compatible with windows. You could do your work on linux, and give the source over to a windows compile farm to build on that platform and you wouldn't actually have to use it. Sadly that day is very far in the future.
No, I'm fairly convinced that my work at the office will continue to be done on Windows for a long time to come. However, I've been working at home recently and that's where the problem is.
You could do what I did: get your boss to spring for the $299 for vmware and run linux as the main OS with windows as a development platform. I sold it as a combination of increased security (mail and other programs on linux == no viruses) and personal growth.
He's scared of open source and he thinks using MS products makes for a better selling tool.
And I would never recommend MySQL as a replacement for SQL server for anything bigger than a web server. DB2 or Oracle however are far better replacements, however. Slightly more expensive perhaps, but one of them would be my choice for mission critical DB applications.
Well, that is what we use it for, a web server application. It does pretty good.
that, then I'd trash Windows yesterday. I'd change my mail program to a Linux mail program, get rid of my Windows partition and say goodbye to bloatware.
I spent around $70+ on the Suse 7.1 Professional. And while there was a few bugs, and I couldn't stand the Konqueror browser, I do like the fact that I
Yes, it was pretty bad in 7.1. In 7.3 it's relatively mature. It even handles flash by default :)
My solution was to download Opera. Not quite as good, IMO, as IE, but it certainly does not crash as often either.
have a gazillion games for the kids to play, a slew of editors and terminals, various windowing systems, an Office program suite that I didn't have to pay $300 for, C++ compilers that I didn't have to pay $150 for, etc...
Additionally, as far as hardware is concerned, I have only one annoyance: my scroll-mouse doesn't seem to scroll. Of course I haven't tested my printer, scanner, or usb cam yet (and I have to admit being concerned on this issue, because I have no idea how to install new hardware in the system), but that is for another day.
When you're ready drop a mail to the list. That's what we're here for :)
I will do exactly that!
And as far as KDE2 configurability, I can't figure out how to make my mouse pointer move faster across the screen.
I don't know what version of kde2 you're on, but did you try control centre -> peripherals->mouse. On the 'advanced' tab in 2.2.2 (I forget where it was in previous versions, but the names are very much the same even if the locations have changed) there are a number of dials that will let you set your mouse behavious on a quite detailed level.
I thought I looked there. I'll take a look again.
Doesn't sound like huge problems to me.
printer and scanner are about 8-to-1 on that they work. the USB cam could be a problem as many models still aren't supported.
I reckon we'll find out! :) Josh
You could do what I did: get your boss to spring for the $299 for vmware and run linux as the main OS with windows as a development platform. I sold it as a combination of increased security (mail and other programs on linux == no viruses) and personal growth.
He's scared of open source and he thinks using MS products makes for a better selling tool.
Scared? Open Source looks so bad, really? Pr
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