Re: [Hampshire] Hmmm.....

2010-04-23 Thread john lewis
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:44:33 +0100 "Martin A. Brooks" wrote: > On Fri, April 23, 2010 16:32, Benjamin Ashton wrote: > > Is it now time to give up on Linux and 'ask Bill'? > > > You've slightly confused "linux" with "open source software that runs > atop the Linux kernel". > > Open Office is aw

Re: [Hampshire] Hmmm.....

2010-04-23 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 23/04/10 20:49, Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:32:46 + (GMT), benashtonlakel...@yahoo.co.uk > said: > > >> Is it now time to give up on Linux and 'ask Bill'? >> > Yes. > > Heh - and don't forget to sign up for McAfee anti-virus while you're about it! http://ww

Re: [Hampshire] Hmmm.....

2010-04-23 Thread alan c
Benjamin Ashton wrote: > Hmmm > > I'm afraid my love affair with Linux is beginning to wane. > > After finding that the spellcheck in OpenOffice was failing to work > (despite Hunspell being apparently installed), and that the OoHelp > was giving me blank pages, I decided to install Abiword.

Re: [Hampshire] Hmmm.....

2010-04-23 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:32:46 + (GMT), benashtonlakel...@yahoo.co.uk said: > Is it now time to give up on Linux and 'ask Bill'? Yes. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] Hmmm.....

2010-04-23 Thread Martin A. Brooks
On Fri, April 23, 2010 18:19, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Sounds to me like you have a hardware problem. > Check RAM or Hard Disk for problems. Sorry if this is talking out of place, but it doesn't sound in any way at all like the OP has hardware problems. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mail

Re: [Hampshire] Hmmm.....

2010-04-23 Thread Martin A. Brooks
On Fri, April 23, 2010 16:32, Benjamin Ashton wrote: > Is it now time to give up on Linux and 'ask Bill'? You've slightly confused "linux" with "open source software that runs atop the Linux kernel". Open Office is awful. It's roughly where MS Office was a decade ago. -- Please post to: Ham

Re: [Hampshire] Hmmm.....

2010-04-23 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 23 April 2010 16:32, Benjamin Ashton wrote: > Hmmm > > I'm afraid my love affair with Linux is beginning to wane. > > After finding that the spellcheck in OpenOffice was failing to work (despite > Hunspell being apparently installed), and that the OoHelp was giving me > blank pages, I decid

Re: [Hampshire] Hmmm.....

2010-04-23 Thread Lisi
On Friday 23 April 2010 16:32:46 Benjamin Ashton wrote: > Hmmm > > I'm afraid my love affair with Linux is beginning to wane.  > > After finding that the spellcheck in OpenOffice was failing to work > (despite Hunspell being apparently installed), and that the OoHelp was > giving me blank pages

Re: [Hampshire] Hmmm.....

2010-04-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:32:46 + (GMT) Benjamin Ashton wrote: Hello Benjamin, > Is it now time to give up on Linux and 'ask Bill'? Try another distro. Zenwalk might be a failure, but there are plenty of other choices. The only choice regarding Microsoft is the constant necessity to upgrade

[Hampshire] Hmmm.....

2010-04-23 Thread Benjamin Ashton
Hmmm I'm afraid my love affair with Linux is beginning to wane.  After finding that the spellcheck in OpenOffice was failing to work (despite Hunspell being apparently installed), and that the OoHelp was giving me blank pages, I decided to install Abiword.  This looked promising until I tr

[Hampshire] NovaTech EXplora E16 laptop

2010-04-23 Thread Roger Munford
I am thinking of buying one. Does anybody have good/bad experience with one of these? Thanks Roger -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -