I got Suse with Gnome, and grabbed Knoppix and Simply Mepis on live CD with KDE.
I set up my computer to dualboot to Suse/window$$ ME (barff). I hafta keep it to get some of my weird programs that refuse to run on anything but win$ ME.
Statistics: Posted by Zoasterboy — Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:46 pm
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well, i'm spent... i'm sooooo sorry for starting this flame war...
Statistics: Posted by Patz QuickBASIC Creations — Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:15 am
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Statistics: Posted by Poencebasder7 — Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:27 am
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Anyway, its good for linux newbie, alltho im compiling source of gentoo here atm so im also moving away from ubuntu.
Statistics: Posted by bungytheworm — Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:45 am
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Can't wait until I get my Windows machine fixed, and not have to keep treading into the unknown.
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Statistics: Posted by moneo — Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:35 pm
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When my son gave me a quick introduction to Linux Ubuntu, I immediately asked about running the Quickbasic compiler and a bunch of executable programs that I have. He scouted around, and we tried several DOS emulators which didn't work at all. Then we tried a thing called DOSEMU, which kind of worked for a few things, but did not work to my 100% satisfaction. The bottom line is that I can't run my Quickbasic stuff.
apt-get dosboxOnly problem this far is when runnings code that has defseg.
But hey, dos is dos, winblows is winblows and linux is linux. Prlly never comes time when qbasic stuffs works on linux, alltho how long they work on winblows anymore?
Yes, certainly it doesnt, because its not any of those ones.Then I moved on to the email package called Thunderbird. This baby doesn't look anything like Outlook, nor Hotmail, nor Gmail. It handles email in a completely different way.
Hard to say with out knowing whats happened there.The most annoying thing is that, for the last week, everytime I get into Thunderbird, it asks me for my password for my email service provider. Why now after 3 weeks of not asking?
Maybe your son has done something that affected for whole thunderbird etc.
Well, if M$ would go with less tight politics, there might be change to do 100% mirrored copys of M$ documents etc. But no, theyr policy is "everything with our programs, our ways and thru our cashier"Using the other "applications" like the ones for Word documents,
PDF documents, and Excel spreadsheets, I discovered several differences and some weird characters. These documents are not native to Linux Ubuntu, and what you're getting is an emulation as close as possible.
Yes, because its made for M$ os's and browsers originally. If it works right with M$, doesnt mean its right then. Same as british says that allmost rest of the world is driving on wrong side of roads.Working on the Internet, using Firefox, also gave me some surprises. Files that I had read before, like the help on QBNews, now was formatted wrong, had weird characters, and was very difficult to read.
Never heard before.Doing copy/paste doesn't always work. You do the copy, and then you paste nothing.
Kernell created wrong.Plus, things just seem to work much slower.
Never didnt doubt itWould I switch to Linux for the long run? Only for developing and running Java-type applications. For user oriented stuff, I'll stick to Windows.
Statistics: Posted by bungytheworm — Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:47 pm
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You could try the FreeBasic version for Linux. Most of the commands are the same.
You should try other distribution as well... Linspire (first I'm using it) is really easy.
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Statistics: Posted by Seb McClouth — Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:24 am
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My Windows machine has been down for several weeks, and I've been using my son's machine that has Linux Ubuntu. So, I didn't actually join the Linux revolution, I latched on to the nearest system available to me. Let me tell you about my experiences.
I'm primarily a QuickBasic user that has been running under MSDOS/Windows for about 5 years. I use the Windows facilities for Internet access, Outlook for email, Word for documents, Notepad for text files, and sometimes Excel for spreadsheets.
When my son gave me a quick introduction to Linux Ubuntu, I immediately asked about running the Quickbasic compiler and a bunch of executable programs that I have. He scouted around, and we tried several DOS emulators which didn't work at all. Then we tried a thing called DOSEMU, which kind of worked for a few things, but did not work to my 100% satisfaction. The bottom line is that I can't run my Quickbasic stuff.
Then I moved on to the email package called Thunderbird. This baby doesn't look anything like Outlook, nor Hotmail, nor Gmail. It handles email in a completely different way. The "help" is no help at all. The most annoying thing is that, for the last week, everytime I get into Thunderbird, it asks me for my password for my email service provider. Why now after 3 weeks of not asking?
Using the other "applications" like the ones for Word documents, PDF documents, and Excel spreadsheets, I discovered several differences and some weird characters. These documents are not native to Linux Ubuntu, and what you're getting is an emulation as close as possible.
Working on the Internet, using Firefox, also gave me some surprises. Files that I had read before, like the help on QBNews, now was formatted wrong, had weird characters, and was very difficult to read. Doing copy/paste doesn't always work. You do the copy, and then you paste nothing. Plus, things just seem to work much slower.
Well, that's about my story about using Linux Ubuntu. I have a feeling that this operating system is probably great if your developing and running your own programs in Java, C, etc. The problem is that we have become accustomed to all the facilities and applications in Windows, and expect to find them in other operating systems.
Would I switch to Linux for the long run? Only for developing and running Java-type applications. For user oriented stuff, I'll stick to Windows.
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Statistics: Posted by moneo — Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:40 pm
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That PDE... maybe you can make some drawing of what you would like... maybe we can work sumfin out... I might make a GUI sooner that I've said... e-mail me......and a Desktop Environment. PDE! hehehe...[/url]
Statistics: Posted by Patz QuickBASIC Creations — Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:38 pm
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I mean big commercial software. For instance, if I want to play The Sims or World of Warcraft, I would have to use Windows. WINE doesn't cut it for those. Other than that, I have no troubles with Linux. My biggest computer problem right now is the fact that I don't have internet at homemmm...you mean windows programs wont run?most programs don't run under Linux.
I mean after 6 months in linux only havent got any problems to find suitable program for my use.
Why are you asking me? If you mean a real Linux distro then no, because it does not run on the offical Linux Kernel. But, it is the closest you will get to running Linux on MS-DOS. Great work, Seb. Keep it up! If I was a better programmer, I might have been able to make some packaging routines (installpkg type stuff) and a Desktop Environment. PDE! hehehe...[/url]Pats... can Qbinux be counted as a Linux distribution? You would only need a 386 or 486 with MS-DOS...
Statistics: Posted by Seb McClouth — Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:37 am
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mmm...you mean windows programs wont run?most programs don't run under Linux.
I mean after 6 months in linux only havent got any problems to find suitable program for my use.
Why are you asking me? If you mean a real Linux distro then no, because it does not run on the offical Linux Kernel. But, it is the closest you will get to running Linux on MS-DOS. Great work, Seb. Keep it up! If I was a better programmer, I might have been able to make some packaging routines (installpkg type stuff) and a Desktop Environment. PDE! hehehe...[/url]Pats... can Qbinux be counted as a Linux distribution? You would only need a 386 or 486 with MS-DOS...
Statistics: Posted by Patz QuickBASIC Creations — Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:19 pm
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