Re: KDE or GENOME ....

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:06:07AM +0200, JC Botha wrote:
> All well but what ells is there other than KDE or GNOME, I think I am brain
> washed with windows and do not jet want to make a complete break
> with it.

Of all the window managers, you will find that KDE and GNOME are most
like Windoze.  Other, more different, window managers are AfterStep
(my choice), IceWM, BlackBox, FVWM(2), WindowMaker, twm, and several
others I have likely forgotten.

> But I am strongly considering it to brake with windows. I am running a Linux
> server and thinking of turning my workstation also into Linux. But first I
> want to do my homework and see what options there are on the table before I
> make this revolutionary change. I run applications on windows that I cannot
> do without.

See http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/

for a pretty comprehensive list of equivalent apps.

> Corel Draw 10 that I use for a website and the manipulation of
> my digital photos.

Gimp fills that bill.

> Basically the only major one on the list and then MS
> Products that I am very familiar with.

There are plenty of replacements for MS apps, e.g.

MSWord -> OpenOffice, AbiWord, Applix, WordPerfect
WordPad -> Pico, Emacs, Vi <shudder>
Excel -> Gnumeric, OpenOffice
PowerPoint -> OpenOffice, Applix
IE -> Mozilla, Netscape, Opera, Galeon
Outlook -> Balsa, Pine, Elm, Mutt, VM (for Emacs), Mozilla or Netscape
           Mail

> If you say make a duel boot then you have not convinced me because I believe
> that one go for the one and not for both, if you are busy in the one OS then
> it takes a wile to go to the other. One need to excel and not to be held
> back with old things. Jumping is out.
> 
> 
> JC Botha
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So you want to make a clean break of it.  Pretty gutsy call.  You can
do it, but do your research.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.bobcatos.com
Everyone wants to harvest, but few want to plow.