A forum dedicated to linux and open source software would be interesting to have, but don't you think our list of pro users is kind of short? The best places to get an answer would be linuxquestions.org or your distro's forum (if available), or so that's my two cents.
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sorry must be that south park episode (where a big coffee shop moves into town)that was getting to me...
Heh, Tweak's father does prattle on an aweful lot doesn't he?
Isn't it better that they try it at all as opposed to plugging along in windoze without ever trying linux....
I apologize for my total ignorance on this, but does the Linux gui (how many are there?) run Windows compatible applications (notably Office and Quicken)?
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I apologize for my total ignorance on this, but does the Linux gui (how many are there?) run Windows compatible applications (notably Office and Quicken)?
No! You can run Windows in a VM under linux and use those applications if you must. OpenOffice is an alternative office suite, among others, that happens to offer the same funtionality as MS Office except for MS Access. You might want to try the Windows version of OpenOffice as well. It's hundreds of dollars cheaper than MS Office since it's.......FREE To my knowledge there isn't a good financial application available for Linux yet. There are several projects being worked on to overcome this though.
BTW, there are a wide range of GUIs available under Linux. KDE is so much like Windows you won't be sure you're using Linux and Gnome offers a powerful desktop as well. There are also more than a dozen Unix GUIs that have been ported to Linux as have many research applications originally written to run on university unix boxes. For scientific work there is a whole world of free software out there that would cost 10s or 100s of thousands to get for Windows.
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That's one of the several projects I was referring to. It revolves around Wine (Windows emulation for those unaware) which hopes to let many windows applications run on windows. Win4lin is another.
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I think it sounds like a good idea... at the moment, I'm looking for a few good open source examples -- this will probably be in Perl, but I'm open to suggestions -- of scripts that automatically make GET requests to pay per click advertising links [like the one at the top of this page]. Any suggestions?
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I'm looking for a few good open source examples -- this will probably be in Perl, but I'm open to suggestions -- of scripts that automatically make GET requests to pay per click advertising links [like the one at the top of this page]. Any suggestions?
I can't think of any off of the top of my head but why would you want one. Most advertising agreements include some type of punitive clause for the use of artificial traffic. If you get caught they won't pay you for the clicks on their ads and they will ban you fom using their ad service in the future. They will also share your name with other advertisers effectively black listing you. IMO it wouldn't be worth the risk for a small number of automated clicks.
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Wine is not a windows emulator, it stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator and is not an emulator, it in fact, is a library that translates windows and directX calls into linux and opengl ones. (for more info: http://www.winehq.com/site/docs/wine...-AND-EMULATORS)
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To my knowledge there isn't a good financial application available for Linux yet.
there's aqmoney(online banking), kmymoney2(personal finance manager) and kbudget(budget tool (both budget and money management)), probably other smaller projects too...
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Wine is not a windows emulator, it stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator and is not an emulator, it in fact, is a library that translates windows and directX calls into linux and opengl ones. (for more info: http://www.winehq.com/site/docs/wine...-AND-EMULATORS)
there's aqmoney(online banking), kmymoney2(personal finance manager) and kbudget(budget tool (both budget and money management)), probably other smaller projects too...
Yes, you are correct, technically it is not an emulator, but the average Joe wouldn't understand the difference anyhow. I tried connecting to my bank with kbudget and it refused the connection
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To my knowledge there isn't a good financial application available for Linux yet. There are several projects being worked on to overcome this though.
