Plans & software on my site. Chopped up a few connectors, wrote a little code, and now I can use GoType, Stowaway, and Happy Hacking Cradle on the RIM pager. Lasts forever on a single AA, do networking simultaneously with keyboard. The works!
Oh, and before you ask about the PalmPix, I gave up on that piece o crap.
WTF are you talking about! You've been reading too much ZDnet. It's supposed to be for ISPs. The Qube and RAQ series have basically the same software.
And the interface is 99% for administrators with maybe a 1% luser section for home pages. It is like a poor man's webmin but unfortunately it is too heavy handed and wants to rewrite your scripts too often.
Don't kid yourselves, it is exactly like any other Linux system except that you will cringe every time you make a change. You'll quickly outgrow their Web configuration and you will scratch your head trying to replace things like sendmail and firewall rules without breaking things.
While the MIPS is nifty, it is really really annoying in that I've had to spend more time mucking (i.e. more than just./configure; make) with source packages than I've ever had to on any Linux system. And now it is just sooo old and I don't think they will ever get to a 2.2.x kernel.
Trust me, as crappy as it sounds you will want to get an x86 system just so you can load regular distros on it. I'm not saying the Qube2 is a bad machine, in fact mine just ran for 250+ days before freezing last time. I was mucking with the diald at the time; which incidentally has a squirrely bug in a MIPS built version that makes it keep crapping out after a few days. I don't need those kind of problems.
Maybe you guys don't have your MTRR set properly or something. My X runs like lightning on this 3dfx card. Without MTRR support it does suck so maybe that is your problem. Look into it!
If you use a PalmPilot you will become pretty proficient at Graffiti; typically 20WPM minimum. Though a chording keyboard might be nice, I also use an onscreen keyboard layout called FITALY. This baby gets 40-50WPM, it really is pretty amazing once you get over the learning curve. Costs $25 though.
Continuous speech for a PDA would be excellent. Though just using it for switching apps or dialing numbers would not be as simple as pushing a button or swiping a shortcut IMO.
The biggest problem I ever had with debian is that I could never really get dselect. I was able to install it once and then use the system a little, but it was not an enjoyable experience.
Hey that is exactly what happened to me! The Debian 2.1 install took me hours because of all the questions -- but I wanted very much to use it. Then I got to dselect and it wasn't the concept or complexity that drove me nuts, it was learning all of the keystrokes. Kinda like trying to use 'info' rather than 'man'. Had to go back to Red Hat after a couple of days.
But with Corel's installer and apt front-end this has completely changed. Now I absolutely love the Debian system! Would never go back, and now that the Update program has let me hit the ground running I have the patience to learn about the command line equivalents and really work with the Debian system. To me that is a great contribution!
Have you tried the Linux version of Wordperfect? It's terrible - I find it almost unusable. To be successful this way, their products would have to actually be good, and people would actually have to use/buy them.
I just got the Deluxe version which includes WP8. Actually I kinda like it, but for very shallow reasons. Basically I consider that it paid for itself because WP has the templates for stuff like invoices, timesheets etc. All that brain-dead crap that people like M$ for, but that can be convenient as hell.
I'm really looking forward to getting the Word Perfect for home edition like they just released for Windows for like $80. It has more happy stuff like that. So I'm pretty happy with my Linux setups. The only commercial stuff I have is VMware and WP.
Like all of Linux, you takes what you like and you leaves what you don't. Even though I bought the Deluxe version, I didn't bother to load it over the freely distributed version because I didn't want the non-free OSS junk. I like the WP and bitstream fonts which I loaded from the Deluxe version.. haven't tried the Civ game yet though.
The only probs I have had with CLOS have been very easy to fix and so I am very happy with the install. The installer works great for me and in fact I was shocked that it actually installed X perfectly. LOVE the Update tool because it is a good crutch for apt-get when you are trying to find stuff. I ditched KWM and use Window Maker, and I must say it rocks when you have all of this stuff arranged just right.
This brings me to a prediction (wish list).. I bet that in the future (this year) the Linux desktop stuff will get so organized that ready-made themed (a.k.a. themes.org) desktops could be options on the install. I don't just mean the wallpaper, colors, icons -- but rather the arrangement and collection of little helper applications. Sorta like GNOME/KDE but with all of the cooler stuff with custom skins. All of the stuff that you and I take all day to add once you do a fresh install. But don't limit it to just the install stage of course, make them Debian packages or better yet just a list of the required packages and a GNUstep tree or something. Basically I just want a way to make my machine look and act like one of the ones on themes.org, but without the hours of configuration -- see what I mean. That would be a nifty desktop.
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Plans & software on my site. Chopped up a few connectors, wrote a little code, and now I can use GoType, Stowaway, and Happy Hacking Cradle on the RIM pager. Lasts forever on a single AA, do networking simultaneously with keyboard. The works!
Oh, and before you ask about the PalmPix, I gave up on that piece o crap.
WTF are you talking about! You've been reading too much ZDnet. It's supposed to be for ISPs. The Qube and RAQ series have basically the same software.
And the interface is 99% for administrators with maybe a 1% luser section for home pages. It is like a poor man's webmin but unfortunately it is too heavy handed and wants to rewrite your scripts too often.
Don't kid yourselves, it is exactly like any other Linux system except that you will cringe every time you make a change. You'll quickly outgrow their Web configuration and you will scratch your head trying to replace things like sendmail and firewall rules without breaking things.
./configure; make) with source packages than I've ever had to on any Linux system. And now it is just sooo old and I don't think they will ever get to a 2.2.x kernel.
While the MIPS is nifty, it is really really annoying in that I've had to spend more time mucking (i.e. more than just
Trust me, as crappy as it sounds you will want to get an x86 system just so you can load regular distros on it. I'm not saying the Qube2 is a bad machine, in fact mine just ran for 250+ days before freezing last time. I was mucking with the diald at the time; which incidentally has a squirrely bug in a MIPS built version that makes it keep crapping out after a few days. I don't need those kind of problems.
Maybe you guys don't have your MTRR set properly or something. My X runs like lightning on this 3dfx card. Without MTRR support it does suck so maybe that is your problem. Look into it!
If you use a PalmPilot you will become pretty proficient at Graffiti; typically 20WPM minimum. Though a chording keyboard might be nice, I also use an onscreen keyboard layout called FITALY. This baby gets 40-50WPM, it really is pretty amazing once you get over the learning curve. Costs $25 though.
Continuous speech for a PDA would be excellent. Though just using it for switching apps or dialing numbers would not be as simple as pushing a button or swiping a shortcut IMO.
Hey that is exactly what happened to me! The Debian 2.1 install took me hours because of all the questions -- but I wanted very much to use it. Then I got to dselect and it wasn't the concept or complexity that drove me nuts, it was learning all of the keystrokes. Kinda like trying to use 'info' rather than 'man'. Had to go back to Red Hat after a couple of days.
But with Corel's installer and apt front-end this has completely changed. Now I absolutely love the Debian system! Would never go back, and now that the Update program has let me hit the ground running I have the patience to learn about the command line equivalents and really work with the Debian system. To me that is a great contribution!
I just got the Deluxe version which includes WP8. Actually I kinda like it, but for very shallow reasons. Basically I consider that it paid for itself because WP has the templates for stuff like invoices, timesheets etc. All that brain-dead crap that people like M$ for, but that can be convenient as hell.
I'm really looking forward to getting the Word Perfect for home edition like they just released for Windows for like $80. It has more happy stuff like that. So I'm pretty happy with my Linux setups. The only commercial stuff I have is VMware and WP.
Like all of Linux, you takes what you like and you leaves what you don't. Even though I bought the Deluxe version, I didn't bother to load it over the freely distributed version because I didn't want the non-free OSS junk. I like the WP and bitstream fonts which I loaded from the Deluxe version.. haven't tried the Civ game yet though.
The only probs I have had with CLOS have been very easy to fix and so I am very happy with the install. The installer works great for me and in fact I was shocked that it actually installed X perfectly. LOVE the Update tool because it is a good crutch for apt-get when you are trying to find stuff. I ditched KWM and use Window Maker, and I must say it rocks when you have all of this stuff arranged just right.
This brings me to a prediction (wish list).. I bet that in the future (this year) the Linux desktop stuff will get so organized that ready-made themed (a.k.a. themes.org) desktops could be options on the install. I don't just mean the wallpaper, colors, icons -- but rather the arrangement and collection of little helper applications. Sorta like GNOME/KDE but with all of the cooler stuff with custom skins. All of the stuff that you and I take all day to add once you do a fresh install. But don't limit it to just the install stage of course, make them Debian packages or better yet just a list of the required packages and a GNUstep tree or something. Basically I just want a way to make my machine look and act like one of the ones on themes.org, but without the hours of configuration -- see what I mean. That would be a nifty desktop.