Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
Maybe I am being unecessarily negative about linux. But it does seem that one has to work inordinately hard to achivee some basic functions. I have reverted to Kmail simply because I can't get links to browser to open from Tbird. It seems this may a Tbird problem rather than Mandrake or linux. Nonetheless - fixes suggested, other than command line, which is beyond me as a newbie, don't work. I guess of course, that it's possible that I am entering text incorrectly.I've been where you are now Rosemary and I can tell you I did " go back to windows ", that is until I hit their first freeze at about 5minutes in wanting to format a simple word document.
At the moment I understand why linux has the reputation that it has. I *do* appreciate all the help I've had.
Wondering about going back to windows ....
It then dawned on me that though Mandrake was not going along as easy as some of the stuff I was used to, at least it was going along AND I was able to fix things there and then.
So do pop back to windows for a look see and while it is loading try to recall why it was you needed to look at something different.
Isn't Linux now worth the effort ?
Example: Thunderbird won't cross link but kmail will - beats Outlook Express injecting you with a virus then abandoning you by reverting to the dreaded BSOD from where there is only usually one come back.
Reboot.
Bye Bye all loaded pages I haven't yet read. ( Thankfully I now use Mozilla both here and in Windows - so when that system crashes I still have a decent history bar (F9) to get my unread pages back. )
Bottom line, use the apps that work in Linux for now and stick to configuring one preferred app at a time. You get to learn Linux and end up with the exact app you want.
Coffee fix required me thinks.
-- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always!
Regards
SnapafunFrank
Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve.
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