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Re: [Wlug] Information for Linux newbies?

by Mike Leo

Where the heck is everything? http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_03_01.html has a nice chart I think one thing that frustrates people is their relative path to everything...you can't cd /mike unless you're already in /home for instance. Even from the GUI's, Windows people will start at C:\ and move around from there. ----- Original Message ---- From: Kevin Harrington <mad.hephaestus(a)gmail.com> To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 12:01:05 AM Subject: [Wlug] Information for Linux newbies? As i mentioned at the meeting this past week I am going to be giving a seminar for linux newbies and would like to pull from people that know better then i do on what i should teach people. What i would like to know is: What are some things that you wish you had known as a newbie? Think back to your very first linux install and any short-cuts, tips, tricks, and gatcha's that would make peoples first experience easier. There is a lot of windows resentment after the slow trainwreck that is vista, so lets see if we can get a few new converts! P.S. one of the big concerns for a few people that i have talked to has been games, if anyone has a list of new-ish games that work or any tips specific to making the most recent generation work under linux, that would make things much easier ;) _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Nov. 18, 2007

Information for Linux newbies?

by Kevin Harrington

As i mentioned at the meeting this past week I am going to be giving a seminar for linux newbies and would like to pull from people that know better then i do on what i should teach people. What i would like to know is: What are some things that you wish you had known as a newbie? Think back to your very first linux install and any short-cuts, tips, tricks, and gatcha's that would make peoples first experience easier. There is a lot of windows resentment after the slow trainwreck that is vista, so lets see if we can get a few new converts! P.S. one of the big concerns for a few people that i have talked to has been games, if anyone has a list of new-ish games that work or any tips specific to making the most recent generation work under linux, that would make things much easier ;)

Nov. 18, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Linux Choix?

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Walt Sawyer wrote: > Some banks (like mine-Ben Franklin) will allow the customer to download > a .qif file when banking online.. GnuCash imports that and will check > for duplicate entries. It works well (after using it for a year). I > like it. > Walt Besides GnuCash, there is also KMyMoney (a KDE application). Does anybody have any experience with it? I am fairly certain it can import a QIF or (perhaps) a QFX file (both Quicken formats). I am seriously considering dumping Quicken for one or the other of these, but as of know, I know not which one. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHP72NHl0iXDssISsRAuj0AJ9s6Z4GYc1h55Y7GNfgAlv0O7VoYgCeNe9S r2KHOY00I8L0PhIm3qjvKkg= =zrxP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Nov. 18, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Linux Choix?

by Walt Sawyer

Some banks (like mine-Ben Franklin) will allow the customer to download a .qif file when banking online.. GnuCash imports that and will check for duplicate entries. It works well (after using it for a year). I like it. Walt Eric Martin wrote: > John Stoffel wrote: > > Mike> There is one application and one process that is keeping me from > > Mike> being able to completely eliminate getting rid of windows. That > > Mike> is Quickbooks and syncing to my nokia 9300. I use SugarCRM for > > Mike> customer and marketing related related activities. Is there an > > Mike> open source alternative to quickbooks and to sync to my nokia > > Mike> (symbian os)? > > > Have you looked at gnucash as a QuickBooks replacement? I just wish > > I was anal enough to bother putting all my home/personal expenses into > > GnuCash, but I'm balking at re-typing my credit card and bank > > statements into it. > > > This is the Quicken advantage, they can talk to alot of banks and > > credit card companies to import data easily. > > > Actually, GnuCash can do this too, if your bank/CCC supports exporting > > in one of the standard financial formats. Now if I could just get my > > bank to *email* me an encrypted statement each month, I'd be happy... > > GNUcash can handle grabbing stuff online the same way quicken does. > The problem is most banks / credit cards (that I've tried) check for > quicken, so it doesn't work easily. I'm trying to get back into > punching my stuff into gnucash so I'll let you know how it goes. > > As for the Nokia, sorry, no clue. > Ditto > > Eric _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Nov. 18, 2007

Linux Choix?

by Colin Novick

Apologies. Deepest even. Before anyone needs to chastise me I looked it up and OS X is more Next and other sources than Linux per se. Apparently Parallels on OS X will run Win and Lin, but the underlying OS is OS X and does not imply that ArcGIS would be stably emulated by a Linux machine emulating Win. Sorry. Hope not to have too terribly offended in my ignorance. Colin

Nov. 18, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Linux Choix? Mach kernel

by Keith Wright

> From: Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> > > A pleasant correction... > > Mac OSX is a BSD derivative, not Linux, though they are similar. I am pretty sure that OSX uses the Mach microkernel, the same one used by the GNU Hurd, and which was developed by Rick Rashid et.al. at CMU in the 1980's. Last I knew Rick took a job at MS as Director of Research, or something like that. I know these things because I was a small part of the et.al. mentioned above. Mach was meant as a base on which to build a Unix-like OS, and FreeBSD had a large influence on how Mach was turned into OSX. I don't know if there is actual code from FreeBSD in it. (Apple has been lax in telling me before they do anything.) Many "Linux" programs, many of which are really GNU programs, run on OSX. -- Keith

Nov. 18, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Linux Choix?

by Mike Leo

A pleasant correction... Mac OSX is a BSD derivative, not Linux, though they are similar. ----- Original Message ---- From: Colin Novick <c-novick-1(a)alumni.uchicago.edu> To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 9:23:49 PM Subject: [Wlug] Linux Choix? Steve, Thanks for the ArcGIS thoughts! I did some digging and came across this: http://spanring.eu/blog/2006/07/02/arcgis-on-mac-os-x-2/ They were getting ArcGIS 9.X to run (well even) on MacOS X with Parallels; Now I am a born-again newbie but as I understand it OS X is a Linux derivative, and Parallels is a means of faking a Windows OS (XP etc.) on the Mac. Do folks know if this might mean there is some hope for a Linux install that can be rigged to run Arc? Thanks so much, PS ESRI's (producer of Arc) site is supremely unhelpful as they aren't interested in much other than server support for Linux and a basic reader function. PPS Red Hat's site didn't give me much to go on.

Nov. 18, 2007

Linux Choix?

by Colin Novick

Steve, Thanks for the ArcGIS thoughts! I did some digging and came across this: http://spanring.eu/blog/2006/07/02/arcgis-on-mac-os-x-2/ They were getting ArcGIS 9.X to run (well even) on MacOS X with Parallels; Now I am a born-again newbie but as I understand it OS X is a Linux derivative, and Parallels is a means of faking a Windows OS (XP etc.) on the Mac. Do folks know if this might mean there is some hope for a Linux install that can be rigged to run Arc? Thanks so much, PS ESRI's (producer of Arc) site is supremely unhelpful as they aren't interested in much other than server support for Linux and a basic reader function. PPS Red Hat's site didn't give me much to go on.

Nov. 18, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Linux Choix?

by Michael Long

> Have you looked at gnucash as a QuickBooks replacement? I just wish > I was anal enough to bother putting all my home/personal expenses into > GnuCash, but I'm balking at re-typing my credit card and bank > statements into it. > > This is the Quicken advantage, they can talk to alot of banks and > credit card companies to import data easily. > > Actually, GnuCash can do this too, if your bank/CCC supports exporting > in one of the standard financial formats. Now if I could just get my > bank to *email* me an encrypted statement each month, I'd be happy... > Wow...GnuCash has come along way since I first looked at it. The open source business packages are quickly catching up and passing the M$ counterparts. Nice!

Nov. 17, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Linux Choix?

by Eric Martin

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stephen Daukas wrote: > As far as I know, ESRI have Linux versions of the > <http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/#>ArcSDE, ArcIMS, ArcObjects > (i.e. server products) but not for ArcMap, ArcCatalog or ArcInfo. > ESRI product documentation only talks about SUSE, Red Hat (intel), > and Solaris... > > Steve Ah, there's a GIS version of Knoppix that has a bunch of GIS stuff, I don't know if it will work / you can use it rather than ARC... ~eric -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHPx5CaiVxdKlBO58RAsXUAJ9ATUUG/Bj2+z4vuWM47qcqNyWZGACcCbYp knBtJqGjloR7s0Lbrnw1sF8= =snVz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Nov. 17, 2007