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Yeah - I have to admit never ever had a problem with that although I had a
devil of a time finding linux disk drivers for a sony laptop the other day.
devil of a time finding linux disk drivers for a sony laptop the other day.
Yep. And they are all windows viruses and don't do a thing on a linuxNews Flash; There *ARE* viruses on the linux platform. Linux boxes are not
immune to viruses!
know said:Did we ever say otherwise? And care to name just one that has spread in
the wild? Didn't think so.
Yes, there are proof of concept viruses for linux in the lab but due to
the source code being freely available and the way security is enabled
within linux they cannot and have not spread. And if there was a
weakness that the virus was exploiting, it is usually patched within hours.
*That* is the difference between a real OS and a poorly designed and
maintained one.
VanShania said:Hey I'm just messin with ya
S-ATA drive if you're a newbie!).
VanShania said:Unless linix becomes as versatile as Mac's OS X, it will only be used by
those who don't have much to do anyways
VanShania said:Can you play all the latest games(or should I say "any games") on LINIX?
How
about any and all programming compilers like Visual Basic, Cobol, C/C++,
Microsoft Office products(you know, what every business is using right
now)?,
how about video editing?
Can you play all the latest games(or should I say "any games") on LINIX?
How about any and all programming compilers like Visual Basic, Cobol, C/C++,
Microsoft Office products(you know, what every business is using right
now)?, how about video editing?
know code said:VanShania wrote:
I have no idea about LINIX but I know you can play games on LINUX!
Besides, I always thought a games console was designed for playing games
on....
Visual Basic? Isn't that only used on Windoze? Why would anyone want
to use that Mickey Mouse language on a good OS like Linux? As for C/C++,
of course you can. Ever heard of gcc?
Now, if you want to talk about languages.... does Windoze support Fortran,
Haskell, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl? These all come supplied as STANDARD
with SUSE linux at no additional cost. How many of those come supplied
with Windoze, and if they don't, how much do they cost? Now tell me which
is the more programmer oriented OS!
Ever heard of Open Office? It reads and writes MS proprietary formats AND
supports the ISO **STANDARD** which M$ Office does not! And, it is FREE.
Remind me how much M$ Office Pro is again?
Of course! Do some research before posting M$ FUD!
Carlo said:VB isn't my fav, but with VB.Net it works like any other language in the
.Net family so who cares?
I'm not a fan of open office, MS products seem to perform better. Not sure
what you're talking about with "propriatary formats"....
As far as I know
open office doesn't use a document standard that's any more open than
Micrsofts.
Are there other office products that support Open office document
formats nativly? As far as Open Document vs. the new MS format, they're both
equally open so whatever.
And you please do some before posting this kind of crap. Not that I defend
the uninformed opinion that the original poster put out there, but as far as
I can see yours isn't any better.
know said:Go to the link below for more details on the ISO standard!
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20060503080915835
know code said:.Net? That's M$ proprietary Windoze only stuff, isn't it? So, as you
say, who cares!
Mono.
M$ Office documents use a proprietary file format. Other applications can
only read/write M$ formats because they have been reverse engineered. The
reason some M$ documents do not display properly in other apps?....
because M$ have never released the formatting used! OTOH, the OpenDocument
Format (ODF) as used by Open Office is a fully open format and has been
standardised by the International Standards Organisation in ISO/IEC 26300.
This means that *any* app which conforms to this ISO standard format will
be able to read/write ODF files. No doubt M$ will install a .odt filter
in Word so it can read OpenOffice text documents, but I wonder will they
release the formatting of their .doc files so OpenOffice can read M$
files? I know where my money on that debate is! Go to the link below for
more details on the ISO standard!
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20060503080915835
See answer above. It is ISO standard ISO/IEC 26300.
M$ documents are not an open format and never have been. They are a
closed proprietary format, just like M$ source code. See answer above as
to why OpenOffice can read them.
Maybe you should do some research! I have as can be evidenced above.
Clearly you haven't!
know said:Or if you prefer something from the ISO themselves, then try this link.
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/commcentre/pressreleases/2006/Ref1004.html
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