hi
what are the application who miss you the most under linux?
thanks
If you are talking about windows applications:
I no longer can think of one or find one that I can’t get under Linux. And I’m not saying that to be smart, I just have replaced literally everything I used to use under windows with adequate Linux alternatives. Some are better than the windows counterparts, some are worse, but all are at least adequate.
> what are the application who miss you the most under linux?
Most things can run under Wine, and some of the apps I listed have decent
Linux analogs, but native support would be nice. I go for days without
really touching windows anymore.
http://www.westbrooktech.com/products/fortis/fortis.htm
http://www.futuresoft.com/products/multiview/mv2007.htm
http://www.checkpoint.com/form/smartconsole.html
http://www.palm.com/us/software/desktop/
> what are the application who miss you the most under linux?
the last Windows[tm] OS that i used daily (or even monthly) was
version 3.1, therefore, after all these years the only things i miss
now are:
- the BSOD
- the bloat
- the slowness
- the virus/malware threat
- the costly ‘upgrade’ treadmill
- the oppressive ‘they’ know better what i need than i do
- the shame of dealing with a anti-competitive convicted corporation
and, i only use WINE to run Google Earth (as all do) and to run
IEs4Linux (so i can finally get to see a few written only for IE
sites in Denmark…)
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see caveat: http://tinyurl.com/6aagco
DenverD (Linux Counter 282315) via NNTP, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14, KDE
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I run GooglEarth the Linux version – have u tried it?
Regarding IE4Linux, that’s Linux app, so you’re not using a win app there. Also, you can alter your Linux Browser in about:config and make it trick the IE only sites, IIRC.
I run GooglEarth the Linux version – have u tried it?
Me too… 
> I run GooglEarth the Linux version – have u tried it?
that is what i run too…but i read somewhere that it actually runs
in a google hacked version of WINE…oh WONDERFUL, here is what i
read (somewhere in the 2006 timeframe):
“Google released Google Earth for Linux, but it still runs under
Wine. They contributed, I think, over 100 fixes and enhancements to
the Wine code base in the process as well.”
<http://www.linux.com/feature/54920>
BUT, what i missed (or forgot, i AM older than dirt) was this: “I
think it’s Google Picaso you mean, this runs on wine, Google earth
(the new 4_beta) runs native on linux!”
yes, i run the native (i guess, mine is 4.3.7191.6508 beta)…but, it
STILL sure looks and feels like Winders (slow to launch, etc)
> Regarding IE4Linux, that’s Linux app, so you’re not using a win app
> there.
really? are you sure? i think i watched while the linux install
script contacted http://[somewhere].microsoft.com and downloaded IE6…
you sure?? it SURE looks like real Winder’s code when it runs…
> Also, you can alter your Linux Browser in about:config and make
> it trick the IE only sites, IIRC.
oh yes i know, been doing that for YEARS in konqueror, firefox and
opera…but, no matter how much you TRICK the web site into feeding
you their pages, you can’t make firefox/konqueror/opera/other RENDER
a M$-FrontPage constructed html page in exactly the same way it will
render in Internet EXPLODER…
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315) via NNTP, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14, KDE
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:36:01 +0000, collinm wrote:
> hi
>
> what are the application who miss you the most under linux?
Adobe Framemaker. I have to do the occasional doc development using this
tool (development standard, no, I can’t use Scribus, OpenOffice, or any
of the LaTeX apps out there - Frame is the standard for doc and course
development).
Unfortunately, it doesn’t run terribly well under WINE, either, so I have
to run it in VMware.
Jim
I didn’t know that – good thing ver 4 came along, and good for Wine that Google got into the act.
really? are you sure? i think i watched while the linux install
script contacted http://[somewhere].microsoft.com and downloaded IE6…
I saw that too. I prefer to regard it as Linux ingesting something from microsoft out of necessity. So we could say that Linux eats windows for breakfast!
>> really? are you sure? i think i watched while the linux install
>> script contacted http://[somewhere].microsoft.com and downloaded IE6…
>> I saw that too. I prefer to regard it as Linux ingesting something from
> microsoft out of necessity. So we could say that Linux eats windows for
> breakfast!
it is microsoft code running in WINE, right??
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315) via NNTP, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14, KDE
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I don’t have Wine installed but I do have ie6forlin installed. It seems to me that you are right. I think there’s a wine-like arrangement with microsoft code in the directory /home/username/.ies4linux/ie6/drive_c. Ther are microsoft fonts, dlls and such like in and near there.
I have personally used Frame on AIX, SUNOS, and Solaris… surely there must be a linux version?
what i mean, it’s not really a windows specific program…
can be only like: geography program… dvd menu creator…
Have u got anything in particular in mind?
For us advance autocad users are still praying.
Yes that’s one, there will be more I suppose 
linuxcad said it implement all autocad core feature…
varicad
caddpro
CADforLINUX
What I am thinking is It still can’t match the autodesk ease of use.
I don’t rely in the mouse to click the icons for every command… Old school user here. I type my command in creating layouts.
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:26:01 +0000, incognito9 wrote:
> I have personally used Frame on AIX, SUNOS, and Solaris… surely there
> must be a linux version?
Nope, at least not with a current release. I soon will need to use Frame
8 for things, only on Windows and Mac.
Jim
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:26:01 +0000, collinm wrote:
> what i mean, it’s not really a windows specific program…
>
> can be only like: geography program… dvd menu creator…
Something that reads Framemaker files, then. 
Jim