Comments on: Linux is easy http://realityme.net/2007/01/03/linux-is-easy/ A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary. Tue, 08 May 2012 12:56:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: JayMonster http://realityme.net/2007/01/03/linux-is-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-11198 JayMonster Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:39:05 +0000 http://blog.siliconholler.com/2007/01/03/linux-is-easy/#comment-11198 I have Ubuntu on one of my VitualPC Partitions. I am looking at Xandros Desktop however now for my daughter's machine. This way I don't NEED a Windows Partion. The Home Premium Edition ($) comes with CrossOver Office which allows you to run Windows Applications on the Xandros Desktop. I have Ubuntu on one of my VitualPC Partitions.

I am looking at Xandros Desktop however now for my daughter’s machine. This way I don’t NEED a Windows Partion. The Home Premium Edition ($) comes with CrossOver Office which allows you to run Windows Applications on the Xandros Desktop.

]]> By: djuggler http://realityme.net/2007/01/03/linux-is-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-11195 djuggler Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:21:28 +0000 http://blog.siliconholler.com/2007/01/03/linux-is-easy/#comment-11195 Excellent! Thanks for the heads up. Excellent! Thanks for the heads up.

]]> By: Solveig Haugland http://realityme.net/2007/01/03/linux-is-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-11194 Solveig Haugland Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:03:43 +0000 http://blog.siliconholler.com/2007/01/03/linux-is-easy/#comment-11194 Edubuntu sounds great! I had a similar experience with Ubuntu, Breezy Badger release, but then discovered I couldn't install OpenOffice.org (the next version) or Thunderbird. This is because, at least with that version, Ubuntu didn't use .rpm, a standard installation tool, and some C++ libraries were the wrong kind. I called on my ubertechy SuSE friend to come over and give me something I could install those two programs on; didn't have time to try a new version of Ubuntu due to various issues. Anyway, glad you're doing this, but if you have problems installing new programs, I just wanted to let you know what I encountered. Solveig Edubuntu sounds great! I had a similar experience with Ubuntu, Breezy Badger release, but then discovered I couldn’t install OpenOffice.org (the next version) or Thunderbird. This is because, at least with that version, Ubuntu didn’t use .rpm, a standard installation tool, and some C++ libraries were the wrong kind. I called on my ubertechy SuSE friend to come over and give me something I could install those two programs on; didn’t have time to try a new version of Ubuntu due to various issues.

Anyway, glad you’re doing this, but if you have problems installing new programs, I just wanted to let you know what I encountered.

Solveig

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