Nice article -Crossing the OS Divide With Linux

ac · External Since: Jan 07, 2006 Posts: 153

'Crossing the OS Divide With Linux'
By Jack M. Germain www.LinuxInsider.com

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/54700.html

Summary:
A long time windows user got fed up and tried various distros, liked
Ubuntu, then went as far as deleting windows.
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s. keeling · External Since: Nov 10, 2005 Posts: 230

ac <"aec$news"@candt.waitrose.com>:
> 'Crossing the OS Divide With Linux'
> By Jack M. Germain www.LinuxInsider.com
>
> http://www.technewsworld.com/story/54700.html
>
> Summary:
> A long time windows user got fed up and tried various distros, liked
> Ubuntu, then went as far as deleting windows.

Light, but not bad, I agree. I thought it odd that a CD burning program
(GnomeBaker) has, "no support for the ISO format." Is that true (I've
never used it)? Isn't that a bit like a car without an engine (or is
it reverse gear Smile

?

I enjoyed the part about him having no trouble exporting and importing
Lookout! and Evolution data multiple times with no trouble. I wish
more users were like this guy. I'd enjoy supporting him. 'Sounds
like he doesn't need it.

Good to hear the message's getting through. Thx for the pointer.

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Michael Heiming · External Since: Apr 04, 2004 Posts: 3526

In alt.os.linux s. keeling <keeling.DeleteThis@spots.ab.ca>:
> ac <"aec$news"@candt.waitrose.com>:
>> 'Crossing the OS Divide With Linux'
>> By Jack M. Germain www.LinuxInsider.com

>> http://www.technewsworld.com/story/54700.html

>> Summary:
>> A long time windows user got fed up and tried various distros, liked
>> Ubuntu, then went as far as deleting windows.

> Light, but not bad, I agree. I thought it odd that a CD burning program
> (GnomeBaker) has, "no support for the ISO format." Is that true (I've
> never used it)? Isn't that a bit like a car without an engine (or is
> it reverse gear Smile

?

LOL...At least he found k3b "supporting" it...I have never used
one of them.

> I enjoyed the part about him having no trouble exporting and importing
> Lookout! and Evolution data multiple times with no trouble. I wish
> more users were like this guy. I'd enjoy supporting him. 'Sounds
> like he doesn't need it.

I most liked his statements about the cryptic commands/scripts
you have to hunt for online. Wink

> Good to hear the message's getting through. Thx for the pointer.

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Allen · External Since: Dec 30, 2006 Posts: 1

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:34:24 +0000, ac wrote:

> 'Crossing the OS Divide With Linux'
> By Jack M. Germain www.LinuxInsider.com
>
> http://www.technewsworld.com/story/54700.html
>
> Summary:
> A long time windows user got fed up and tried various distros, liked
> Ubuntu, then went as far as deleting windows.

~~~~~~
Great article. I have been using Linux (PCLinuxOS) for five days. All the
computers in my home (5) are Windows-based. I am a medical
transcriptionist and my wife and two daughters are now training to become
the same.

So far I am enjoying the experience of experimenting. My family, except
myself, type with the Dvorak layout. I thought that wasn't an option in
PSLOS. But IT IS!

Now, here is the thing... I can not fully migrate to Linux and neither can
my family because of a software problem. That problem is Linux does not
have any TEXT EXPANDER. That is an absolute necessity for any
Medical Transcriptionist. I work for a company that has several thousand
home-based transcriptionists. Everyone of them use a word expander.

How does one carry a petition to have software developed? I use
As-U-Type, others use SpeedType, etc. This is a real need and if anyone
would, please point me to someone or someplace where this might be
discussed.

Thank you.

Davorin Vlahovic · External Since: Jan 03, 2005 Posts: 305

On 2006-12-31, Allen <wallybugg77.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Now, here is the thing... I can not fully migrate to Linux and neither can
> my family because of a software problem. That problem is Linux does not
> have any TEXT EXPANDER. That is an absolute necessity for any
> Medical Transcriptionist. I work for a company that has several thousand
> home-based transcriptionists. Everyone of them use a word expander.

If you have the shortcuts in some file use it to fill the autocorrect in
OpenOffice.org.

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Baron · External Since: Dec 14, 2006 Posts: 12

Allen wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:34:24 +0000, ac wrote:
>
>> 'Crossing the OS Divide With Linux'
>> By Jack M. Germain www.LinuxInsider.com
>>
>> http://www.technewsworld.com/story/54700.html
>>
>> Summary:
>> A long time windows user got fed up and tried various distros,
>> liked Ubuntu, then went as far as deleting windows.
>
> ~~~~~~
> Great article. I have been using Linux (PCLinuxOS) for five days.
> All the computers in my home (5) are Windows-based. I am a medical
> transcriptionist and my wife and two daughters are now training to
> become the same.
>
> So far I am enjoying the experience of experimenting. My family,
> except
> myself, type with the Dvorak layout. I thought that wasn't an
> option in PSLOS. But IT IS!
>
> Now, here is the thing... I can not fully migrate to Linux and
> neither can my family because of a software problem. That problem is
> Linux does not have any TEXT EXPANDER. That is an absolute necessity
> for any Medical Transcriptionist. I work for a company that has
> several thousand home-based transcriptionists. Everyone of them use
> a word expander.
>
> How does one carry a petition to have software developed? I use
> As-U-Type, others use SpeedType, etc. This is a real need and if
> anyone would, please point me to someone or someplace where this
> might be discussed.
>
> Thank you.

I suspect that after five days you haven't explored enough !

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John Hasler · External Since: Mar 25, 2004 Posts: 1337

Allen writes:
> That problem is Linux does not have any TEXT EXPANDER.

What does a TEXT EXPANDER do?
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J.O. Aho · External Since: Mar 26, 2004 Posts: 2216

John Hasler wrote:
> Allen writes:
>> That problem is Linux does not have any TEXT EXPANDER.
>
> What does a TEXT EXPANDER do?

Takes a text and expand it to a bigger size Wink

It's like you have a shortening for a long word, say you write, 'db' and you
get out the text 'database'. This can be added by the Macro feature in
StarOffice and OpenOffice, of course sed could be used on saved files.

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Richard Asbridge · External Since: Jul 03, 2005 Posts: 27

Allen wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:34:24 +0000, ac wrote:
>
>> 'Crossing the OS Divide With Linux'
>> By Jack M. Germain www.LinuxInsider.com
>>
>> http://www.technewsworld.com/story/54700.html
>>
>> Summary:
>> A long time windows user got fed up and tried various distros, liked
>> Ubuntu, then went as far as deleting windows.
>
> ~~~~~~
> Great article. I have been using Linux (PCLinuxOS) for five days. All the
> computers in my home (5) are Windows-based. I am a medical
> transcriptionist and my wife and two daughters are now training to become
> the same.
>
> So far I am enjoying the experience of experimenting. My family, except
> myself, type with the Dvorak layout. I thought that wasn't an option in
> PSLOS. But IT IS!
>
> Now, here is the thing... I can not fully migrate to Linux and neither can
> my family because of a software problem. That problem is Linux does not
> have any TEXT EXPANDER. That is an absolute necessity for any
> Medical Transcriptionist. I work for a company that has several thousand
> home-based transcriptionists. Everyone of them use a word expander.
>
> How does one carry a petition to have software developed? I use
> As-U-Type, others use SpeedType, etc. This is a real need and if anyone
> would, please point me to someone or someplace where this might be
> discussed.
>
> Thank you.
I think the nedit project have a stand alone text-expander called
"expander" that you can strap over any text editor. Gentoo have a
package for it.