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Windows to unix conversion. Looking for software recommendations.

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  • #32
    Fenster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    And no, I'm not some fricking ricer. :p

    I use KDE! Fluxbox isn't that great for a laptop on the move, so I'm trying out KDE after Gnome headaches and I'm suprised to find myself actually enjoying it.

    And I realise I really sounded like some sort of ass when speaking of the apt server. Fedora doesn't have that much extra software from apt, out of the box, and while there's a plethora of third-party apt servers, they all have differently compiled versions of programs. It gave me a headache on more than one occasion. Portage is dead nice as just about everytime I went looking for a program, it was in there, even stuff I normally think wouldn't be there, such as Celestia and Opera.


  • #33
    Snowbat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,065 ✭✭✭Snowbat


    Khannie wrote:
    VNC is crap compared to Remote Desktop and I can't get freenx installed.
    What problem are you having with FreeNX?

    On my Mandriva server I found that the user 'nx' was locked so all freenx logins failed. When I unlocked 'nx', everything started working. Someone else had this problem in Fedora Core 3.
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-February/msg04552.html


  • #34
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Snowbat wrote:
    What problem are you having with FreeNX?

    I'm not root ;)


  • #35
    flamegrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,848 ✭✭✭flamegrill


    Ubuntu. The end.

    As a desktop distro its pretty flawless. I would even be willing to provide a) a full package list you can feed apt and b) my apt config.

    Simply install all the packages and the machine will be a fully working desktop, it'll play mp3's/dvd's the works.

    For remote desktop tsclient is a GUI front end for rdesktop, its rather handy as it'll have a history of hosts you've connected to.

    gedit is a tabbed editor, very handy. use it all the time.

    Just on ubuntu though, the install takes about 15 minutes. After that your pretty much set. Also OOo 2 beta is available in universe, might make the change a bit easier for windows types :)

    Paul


  • #36
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,153 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Knoppix 3.9 also has Openofice Beta 2.


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