On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:15:12 +0100, Martin Hardie wrote:
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> I want to copy from pdf files ... i recall that in Abode Acrobat I could do
> this sometimes but with KGhostView I cannot at all. Are there and pdf
> programs out there that let me copy and paste into other formats or is there
> a way to s
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:17:04 +, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Monday 03 Jan 2005 05:29, deedee E wrote:
> > On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:43:43 +, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > Windows systems for security reasons. These days VBS is about the
> > only reason anyone can give for keeping MS
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 11:20:43 +, Graham Watkins wrote:
> deedee E wrote:
> >
> > I confess to some confusion about your problem. Is there some
> > reason you are forced to execute the worm-infested e-mail while
> > running Windows? Why not just treat it like junk ma
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:43:43 +, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Monday 27 Dec 2004 07:22, deedee E wrote:
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> > I think you will find that OO Writer is a lot more stable than
> > MSWord and has as many features (all of which convert very nicely
> > to MSWord, even though MS
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 14:39:24 +, Graham Watkins wrote:
> Wish it were that simple. I'm not running a mail server with
> windows clients. This is a dual booting stand alone machine and
> I never use windows for downloading mail. (In fact I use it as
> little as possible.)
I confess to some
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 08:04:23 +0100, Martin wrote:
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> a first question on Wine -
>
> do i just install the windows programs i want into a folder in eg my home
> directory and then when starting wine in my shell point it there?
If you're using the fake Windows installation, just install your
appli
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 20:31:53 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> However, now I'm quite oriented to avoid Wine installation if possible,
> i.e. if OO Writer can really work fine onto .doc files,
> especially now that you pointed out the problem of viruses.
> And apart from that, I don't much like the id
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 18:59:03 -0500, JoeHill wrote:
> IIANM, Windows malware (is there any other kind...?), even run
> under Wine, would
> have very little if no effect on a Linux system. Firstly, it's going to be
> looking for files/folders/directories that do not exist (c:Windows, System32,
> Doc
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:51:04 +, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 25 Dec 2004 18:52, deedee E wrote:
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> > Wine is fully capable of executing Win32 viruses, Trojans, and
> > worms. Don't run Wine as root after it is installed. Then, you
> > won't hurt the overa
A couple of things I forgot, but feel I should mention.
Although one installs Wine as root and does some minimal global
configuration, each user must do their own configuration. Windows
software needs to be installed as user, not as root. If there is
more than one user on the system, the installat
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:49:46 +1300, SnapafunFrank wrote:
> Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>
> >> Does anybody have any experience about Wine, how to install it and how to
> >> make it work?
I'm not an expert because I've never really had any problems using
wine. However, I did notice a couple of things in
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