I think that either Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand are much better than CorelDraw. Sure, they may not be free (actually they're far from it), but it's like comparing Photoshop to...
I have both CorelDraw(9) and Illustrator(8) here. . CorelDraw is by far the best value, as you get a kick ass program like Photopaint included, along with gobs of fonts(>1000 ttf & type 1 fonts) for a fraction of the price of both Illustrator and Photopaint.
The latest version of Draw also has many more features than Illustrator. When you buy from Adobe, you also get a very small amount of fonts compared to Corel's package.
I know that Photoshop is probably superior to Photopaint in many respects, but Corel Photopaint will fit the bill for the average home or small business user. The Gimp can be worked with too, but it lack CMYK, so that makes it of limited use to people that make grpahics for non-Web purposes.
Illustrator's ability to edit PDF's and it's excellent postscript compatiblity also must be considered.
Can' wait for the CorelDraw Linux version to come out....maybe someday I can dump Windows forever..!
If you think that the Liberals are going to be governing Canadians for the next 10 years, then you are in for a rude awakening when the Canadian Alliance(aka Reform) stomps on them in the next election. Anyone interested in what the Alliance has to offer can watch an "all candidates forums" here: Tuesday, May 30 - Vancouver National Post/CBC TV Forum Televised on live on CBC Newsworld 4:00 to 5:00 PT/ 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. EDT Re-televised - at 8:00 PT/11:00 PM EDT
Any opinions on Cycas CAD software mentioned above ? I am an AutoCAD user bound to MS Operating systems because of few alternatives to match it in the Linux world.
I am using Netscape Communicator Version 4.7, the whole package not just the browser on a stock RedHat 5.2 system under an older verion of WindowMaker.
I got my 4.7 version of Netscape(rpm) straight from the 5.2 updates on a Red Hat mirror.
Netscape has given me many problems, but the Back button has never been an issue here. I drop in here daily and have never had the back button bring me anywhere but back.
Mozilla on the other hand does exactly as you describe, if it does not crash first before I have the chance to reach for the Back button.
This comparison is a little dated as they have Netscape 4.5 which is a couple of versions behind the the latest Mozilla is at M11 (nearing 12)where the interface changed quite a bit since M10.
I will not give an opinion of Mozilla and Netscape here because most of you know how good or bad they really are, but I can comment about Amaya.
True enough Amaya may be very html compliant, but I found it to be a slow memory hog when trying to work with it. It seemed to have some serious memory leaks, even worse than Netscape.
I am glad that Red Hat are supporting a multiplatform and desktop independant Web browser. A browser like Konqueror(sp?) is not desktop independant, and therefore if I do no wish to use KDE, then Mozilla is much better.
Problem is, Mozilla like Nescape is more than a browser which makes it not as light as it could be. Please drop the mail and webeditor parts of it.
I find the NOISE ratio too high in most newsgroups. I just hate having to be bothered with setting up filters for this and filters for that, not to mention all the email spam you get if your dare make your email address public on a newsgroup.
OTOH I agree with your views on mailing lists. I find mailings list much more informative most of the time, even the ones that have little to no moderation.
I sure miss the BBS community. I used to log in several times daily, for my *.qwk packet fix to read on my offline mail reader. I used mail reader such as 1st Reader, SLIMER, KWQ Mail/2.
Now my substitutes for the above are technical mailing lists subscriptions and Slashdot of course. I have tried IRC and newsgroups, but they seem just too high of a noise ratio in them IMHO.
The one aspect I don't miss about BBSs is the overly moderated environment and the lack of confidentiality with email. SYSOPs just had way too much power/control. (I hope my former SYSOP is not a Slashdot reader;^))
Still no Mailing Lists archives on Redhat.com!
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My biggest complaint about the RedHat site is that it does not have an archive of their numerous mailing lists.
As you know an archive of mailing lists are a great resource and time saver if you can search through them.
I had to look elsewhere to get them. Moongroup.com has a great Red Hat mailing lists archive.
Slashdot Mirror
Their new home page Remarq does not have any closing down announcement.
So far the service is still free, as I logged in to my account without any demands for money.
Slashdot doles out free advertising to Microsoft daily!
I wonder how soon we will see clones in the Olympics?
-select black box with "Touchup Object Tool"
-press delete key
done!
I have both CorelDraw(9) and Illustrator(8) here. . CorelDraw is by far the best value, as you get a kick ass program like Photopaint included, along with gobs of fonts(>1000 ttf & type 1 fonts) for a fraction of the price of both Illustrator and Photopaint.
The latest version of Draw also has many more features than Illustrator. When you buy from Adobe, you also get a very small amount of fonts compared to Corel's package.
I know that Photoshop is probably superior to Photopaint in many respects, but Corel Photopaint will fit the bill for the average home or small business user. The Gimp can be worked with too, but it lack CMYK, so that makes it of limited use to people that make grpahics for non-Web purposes.
Illustrator's ability to edit PDF's and it's excellent postscript compatiblity also must be considered.
Can' wait for the CorelDraw Linux version to come out....maybe someday I can dump Windows forever..!
Moderate this down...he's trolling :)
If you think that the Liberals are going to be governing Canadians for the next 10 years, then you are in for a rude awakening when the Canadian Alliance(aka Reform) stomps on them in the next election. Anyone interested in what the Alliance has to offer can watch an "all candidates forums" here: Tuesday, May 30 - Vancouver National Post/CBC TV Forum Televised on live on CBC Newsworld 4:00 to 5:00 PT/ 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. EDT Re-televised - at 8:00 PT/11:00 PM EDT
Any opinions on Cycas CAD software mentioned above ? I am an AutoCAD user bound to MS Operating systems because of few alternatives to match it in the Linux world.
Some Gutenberg in PDF format here: Electric Book
www.elecbook.com/ebfree.htm
Any service like this for Canadians?
I would say that they would be a step ahead if graphical installers offered more lines of text on the screen,for example during package selection.
How much memory does it gobble up?
I love moose meat in my diner plate and cooked, not laying in the front seat of my car raw!
It's been frustrating not having readily available Netscape RPMs with strong encryption.
I got my 4.7 version of Netscape(rpm) straight from the 5.2 updates on a Red Hat mirror.
Mozilla on the other hand does exactly as you describe, if it does not crash first before I have the chance to reach for the Back button.
I will not give an opinion of Mozilla and Netscape here because most of you know how good or bad they really are, but I can comment about Amaya.
True enough Amaya may be very html compliant, but I found it to be a slow memory hog when trying to work with it. It seemed to have some serious memory leaks, even worse than Netscape.
Problem is, Mozilla like Nescape is more than a browser which makes it not as light as it could be. Please drop the mail and webeditor parts of it.
OTOH I agree with your views on mailing lists. I find mailings list much more informative most of the time, even the ones that have little to no moderation.
Now my substitutes for the above are technical mailing lists subscriptions and Slashdot of course. I have tried IRC and newsgroups, but they seem just too high of a noise ratio in them IMHO.
The one aspect I don't miss about BBSs is the overly moderated environment and the lack of confidentiality with email. SYSOPs just had way too much power/control. (I hope my former SYSOP is not a Slashdot reader;^))
As you know an archive of mailing lists are a great resource and time saver if you can search through them.
I had to look elsewhere to get them. Moongroup.com has a great Red Hat mailing lists archive.
That's what they say here: that we will be able to Operate on Linux by Christmas!
This quote from redhat.com:
Opera Beta by Christmas?
Opera Software promises a Linux version of its popular browser will appear in beta this December.
I just want 64 megs more !
The subject says it all: How trivial can slashdot get?