On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 18:03 +1100, David wrote:
> This thread made me wonder: If people were brought up on Gnu/Linux the way
> most people are brought up on Windows, would they then find linux really
> easy, and Windows counter-intuitive and confusing? Is it simply what you
> learn first that defi
This one time, at band camp, David wrote:
>This thread made me wonder: If people were brought up on Gnu/Linux the way
>most people are brought up on Windows, would they then find linux really
>easy, and Windows counter-intuitive and confusing? Is it simply what you
>learn first that defines what yo
Hi all
David wrote:
> I spent 10 years learning photoshop, and it took me an annoying one
month
to get the hang of GIMP. I kept expecting it to work EXACTLY the same as
photoshop.
This thread made me wonder: If people were brought up on Gnu/Linux the way
most people are brought up on Windows, wou
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Craige McWhirter wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 20:48 +1100, Rod Butcher wrote:
> > Final straw was trying to set transparent background. I was presented
> > with techno-gobbledegook.
>
> File - New - Fill Type: Transparent
>
> or in an existing image:
>
> Layer - New Layer
Craige McWhirter wrote:
On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 11:03 +1100, Brian Goddard wrote:
-what's SLUG relationship with CAT: http://cat.org.au/
There's also a great deal of involvement within the SLUG community with
NGO's and other community groups in general. Was there a particular
relationship betwee
On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 11:03 +1100, Brian Goddard wrote:
> -what's SLUG relationship with CAT: http://cat.org.au/
Many SLUGers will still be reading that URL and may not have even heard
of CAT before. There's no official or even casual connection between
SLUG and CAT. Both serve very different com
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 20:48 +1100, Rod Butcher wrote:
> Final straw was trying to set transparent background. I was presented
> with techno-gobbledegook.
File - New - Fill Type: Transparent
or in an existing image:
Layer - New Layer - Layer Fill Type: Transparent
Doesn't come a whole lot more
On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 01:22 +1100, Elliott-Brennan wrote:
> GIMP: I HATE the name. Can't help it :)
Geeez, undo a button or two ;) I personally get a little amusement from
peoples reactions when I say "Nevermind, I'll bring out the GIMP to fix
it..." or "nothing the GIMP can't fix", etc. You get
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 11:41:50PM +1100, moise lim wrote:
> check out http://www.sco.com
>
> boy oh boy.. defacement at it's best :)
It was a particularly impressive defacement. I can't agree with the
principle, but the implementation was one of the finest examples of the
craft.
- Matt
signa
> > >check out http://www.sco.com
> > >
> > >boy oh boy.. defacement at it's best :)
> > >
> > >i'll try to save a copy of it .. but then it's better to
> check it out
> > >uself :)
> >
> > What, no "All Your Code Are Belong To Us"?
> >
> > Hehehe, I almost missed at first glance.
>
> Gone no
Heracles wrote:
Amazing, I have used Photoshop V4.5, 6 and 7 but find the latest version
of the GIMP much better and definitely easier to use. Oh well, each to
his own I guess.
The user interface is different. That can be re-learnt.
But if you want pantone(registered) colours you'r out of luck w
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 12:53:05AM +1100, Keith Hopkins wrote:
> moise lim wrote:
> >anybody still awake this time of the nite???
> >
> >check out http://www.sco.com
> >
> >boy oh boy.. defacement at it's best :)
> >
> >i'll try to save a copy of it .. but then it's better to check it out
> >uself
Did anyone read the vet affairs article about looking for office suite
replacements on news.com.au.
The comment I was interested in was the reliability of the new system
was very poor. No real details though. Anyone have any information on
this?
--
Ken Foskey
OpenOffice.org programmer
--
SLU
Oh, I've also got tickets to the Dapto Under 60s Speed Patchwork Quilt
Skins Comp.
Any takers? They're free!
LOL
Elliott-Brennan wrote:
>Thanks Jeff, you reminded me:
>
>I have five gmail accounts to give away too!
Me too (10 invitations).
***
Grr. If this has to go on, please tak
I can't say I know GIMP well enough to make comparisons. What I have
read is that it's not good with CYMK and that restricts it's
photo-graphic use.I've used PS for a few years and, well PS for me,
though I'd like to know GIMP better - I wouldn't recommend buying PS
unless you 'really' need
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> Grr. If this has to go on, please take it to slug-chat. :-)
Actually, take them to http://isnoop.net/gmailomatic.php instead, where
no human being stands between you and your Gmail.
-Mary
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SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org
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> Elliott-Brennan wrote:
> >Thanks Jeff, you reminded me:
> >
> >I have five gmail accounts to give away too!
>
> Me too (10 invitations).
Grr. If this has to go on, please take it to slug-chat. :-)
- Jeff
--
Ubuntu in Mataró, Spain: December 5th-18th http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
Elliott-Brennan wrote:
Thanks Jeff, you reminded me:
I have five gmail accounts to give away too!
:)
Me too (10 invitations).
--Amos
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moise lim wrote:
anybody still awake this time of the nite???
check out http://www.sco.com
boy oh boy.. defacement at it's best :)
i'll try to save a copy of it .. but then it's better to check it out uself :)
What, no "All Your Code Are Belong To Us"?
Hehehe, I almost missed at first glance.
smi
anybody still awake this time of the nite???
check out http://www.sco.com
boy oh boy.. defacement at it's best :)
i'll try to save a copy of it .. but then it's better to check it out uself :)
--
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Thanks Jeff, you reminded me:
I have five gmail accounts to give away too!
:)
That said, first five originals to the first five mailers - I'll reply
to those who miss out - because it's polite to not keep you hanging on :))
***
Oof, I hope this doesn't turn out like gmail invites. Remember, th
Thanks. I took a look there and it looks promising.
Cheers,
--Amos
>From Phil Scarratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 29 Nov 2004:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Stuart Guthrie wrote:
> >
> >> lynx www.egroupware.org ?
> >
> >
> > Speaking of which - is anyone aware of a good public web-based
> > ca
Final straw was trying to set transparent background. I was presented
with techno-gobbledegook. I could do this sort of thing with PS 4 with
no training. I need this for website graphics. M$ got rich by assuming
users are idiots and building apps and install routines that idiots
could follow (harki
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stuart Guthrie wrote:
lynx www.egroupware.org ?
Speaking of which - is anyone aware of a good public web-based
calendar service? (something a-la a public-access eGroupware
server).
Thanks,
--Amos
Don't yahoo or places like that offer some sort of calendaring? Might be
wor
Stuart Guthrie wrote:
lynx www.egroupware.org ?
Speaking of which - is anyone aware of a good public web-based
calendar service? (something a-la a public-access eGroupware
server).
Thanks,
--Amos
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i would have to agree, i find gimp to be vastly superior. im sure
there are some features photoshop has over gimp but like all
applications 90% of users only use 10% of features.
generally i have found adobe products to just work 'differently'
most applications seem to follow a certain logic, but a
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 10:43 +1100, Phil Scarratt wrote:
> Ken Foskey wrote:
> > I would like to thank the three people from last night. These were
> > extremely interesting talks.
> >
> > We had a talk on IP telephony. This was great and the idea of a IP
> > phone that plugs into my network for
On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 15:29 +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:50:32 +1100
> Stephen Merity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm obsessed with computer graphics (mainly 3D art/animation, and I use
> > http://www.blender3d.org Blender, opensource 3D suite =P) . If you'd
>
> However, it is well named Warthog.
We kinda thought the first release would be "warty", so we said so. ;-) But
it turned out better than we thought it would be... But yes, plenty of room
for improvement, and connectivity and documentation are two areas we know
that need quite a bit of work.
T
Three cheers for the people who put this together. A truly generous
bunch. I admire them enormously.
However, it is well named Warthog. It is a swine for a beginner who is
trying to connect to the internet via cable modem as I am. Live CD no
problem, it worked easily. But, full install: frustr
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