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Monthly Archives: February 2008
More Linux Goodness: Free Word Processors
Image via Wikipedia So far, the great Linux experiment is going great. I’ve switched from Fedora to PCLinuxOS: The main reason was the native support for my Radeon Card. Thanks, Tasos, for the heads up! I’ve also been playing with a few Word Processing program. I’ve already mentioned Open Office, the full featured MS Office killer on the software page. Now however, I can say I grok the things that used to bug me about it. Open office has about …
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Tagged LaTeX, Linux, LyX, Neal Stephenson, open source, OpenOffice.org, Word processor
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Guilty Pleasures:Cryptonomicon
Shortly before my brother John left to serve in Iraq, I lent him my copy of Neal Stephenson’sCryptonomicon. He was about the fifth person I lent the book to. No one, And I mean No one I’ve lent it to has wanted to finish it. I figured between downtime and subject matter, He’d be the first to finish it. “Try it,” I say, “You like spy novels.” And I get it back Unread. “Try it,” I give it to someone …
Taking the Linux Plunge: The Good After One Week
It’s been one week since the switch to Fedora. So Far, I’m not turning back. The Good Stuff: Boot up time is Quick. So quick I get frustrated at my wife’s state-of-the-art Winblows Laptop. Accessibility- I like KDE better than Gnome. I just think it’s more intuitive and is easier to work with. Applications- I miss Dragon Naturally Speaking, but just about every other Application I had I’ve found a replacement that works better. there’s something about open source that …
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