Hi.
A work colleague just tried Zorin (http://zorin-os.com/) as a
replacement on a laptop. Look and feel sooo similar to Win and uses
Ubuntu repositories. The download will run as a live disc to check out
all your hardware will work.
Worked well, a little fiddle with the wifi, but in all a good replacement.
Steve
On 2014-04-23 23:57, Virgil Arrington wrote:
It's no secret that LO users tend to dislike M$. While I love LO, I've
tended to give M$ perhaps more benefit of the doubt than they deserve.
I still use Windows 7 on my laptop, although after many fits and
starts, I have finally succeeded in getting a true dual boot Ubuntu
setup. I'm using Ubuntu as much as I can to see just how much (or
little) I still need Windows.
But, last evening, M$ threw me a curveball that I found utterly
unacceptable. In addition to my laptop, I have a slightly older
desktop that runs Windows XP. In the last few says, the XP machine has
been acting *very* strangely. I've run RKill and virus scans, which
have come up empty. Then, I noticed a GREAT BIG RED "X" on my Security
Essentials icon. I clicked on it to read M$'s message: The OS is no
longer supported (which I knew) and, therefore, Microsoft Security
Essentials will no longer work properly (which I did not know). Ergo,
my computer is now considered "at risk." M$ was kind enough to provide
a link to "End of Support Guidance."
To play along, I clicked the link and was taken to a M$ website. The
website suggested that I upgrade to Windows 8.1 at a cost of between
$120 and $200 (personal vs. pro). But, it warned me that if my PC were
too old, then 8.1 wouldn't work. So, my other option? M$ suggests I
buy a new PC. The gall; buy a new PC because M$ chooses to no longer
support the OS? No thanks. They were also kind enough to provide a
link where I could check to see if my PC would run 8.1. Since I have
no intention of purchasing 8.1, I declined their offer to have my PC
checked.
Of course, I have another option. Now that I'm growing more and more
comfortable with Ubuntu, I'll just install it on my desktop. While I
still have Windows 7 on my dual boot, I may go whole hog with the
desktop and completely blow off Windows... since M$ doesn't consider
it worth their time to support it anyway.
Now, I realize that the day will come when my Ubuntu 12.04LTS will no
longer be supported. But, there are a couple differences. First,
Ubuntu clearly states on its website when 12.04 support will expire,
so I know going in what I'm getting into. M$ gave me no such warning
when I purchased my XP machine years ago. Second, when 12.04LTS
support goes by the wayside, Ubuntu will have another *free*
alternative available; and even if they don't, there's always Debian,
Mint, Mint Debian, OpenSuse, Puppy, Slackware, Fedora, Puppy, Slax,
and on and on.
Sorry M$ (and Urmas). While I have tried to avoid the M$ rage I've
read on this and other lists, your latest consumer disrespect has
thrown me over to the dark side.
Give me penguins.
Virgil
On 04/22/2014 02:43 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Not quite. It may have changed the name of the formats it uses twice
but
OOXML (the .docX etc) has at least 4 different versions including 3
different "transitional" versions and all are apparently quite different
from the version they managed to get accredited as an ISO format.
The older format (.doc etc) also seem to vary considerably between each
different version of MS Office.
MS Office 2010 or 2013 often has problems opening documents created
in MS
Office 2007.
Regards from
Tom :)
On 22 April 2014 19:06, Urmas <davian...@gmail.com> wrote:
"anne-ology" MSFT has been/is making their system(s) incompatible
with others in
order to reap a higher profit-margin ;-(
For the last 23 years Microsoft Office has changed its format TWICE.
Meanwhile, Libreoffice cannot open its own documents from 2001.
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