Both OpenOffice Impress and kpresenter are stable mature applications that can do most things a rational person would ever expect in a presentation.
So if you write
" There's no open-source software replacement for PowerPoint."
you are right. There is not one, there are TWO GPL apps to replace powerpoint.
Now if I look at the fact that SVG is a vector format (not a presentation format) and the fact that openoffice641 opens all ridiculous powerpoint stuff I get mailed by people, I think you should look harder before you propoese new projects to other people.
See http://www.openoffice.org and http://www.koffice.org for the apps.
GPL, for linux and QT/KDE. Has everything I need and looks prettier. Faster too.
A new version (0.3) was released two days ago.
I have no sympathy for all the losers on/. who whine about the spyware on their Windows machines. GO AWAY!
Here is the URL: http://www.qtella.net/
Description:
Qtella is a new Gnutella client for Linux written in C++ using the Qt libraries. It should be no problem to use Qtella on any platforms where Qt with thread support (library qt-mt must exists) is installed.
The following features are part of Qtella 0.2.1:
multiple search
continue interrupted downloads
uploads
limit number of downloads and uploads
limit upload bandwidth
separate unfinished downloads from finished ones
download of several files at once
test whether file allready exists
identification of download server
automatic retry if error, busy, closed
auto connect list
KDE integration
save host list
handle extended gnutella protocol
status lines and statistics
accecpt incoming connections
download from firewalled hosts
pong cache to reduce network traffic
> Koffice is nice... one great thing they can have is to include a pdf writer into it...
> ps2pdf isnt good enough... fonts arent always supported properly..
Well, try to print a file, every KDE-2.2.1 application has the option to print to PDF (and Postscript) by default. This is caused by the great kdeprinting system, which RULES in combination with cups.
If the quality of ps2pdf bothers you, thius is part of ghostscript. If you still use a 5.x version, I urge you to upgradde to GPL ghostscript 6.5.2 or AFPL ghostscript 7.03. PDF support has been greatly improved.
I noticed, when I tried to patch my sources :-)
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Never trust a slashdot post.
But in fact the jopystick patch has been missing in the Changelog. I had used AC kernels because of this bug and what is the point of an incomplete changelog?
Next time I will check the code in the kernel first.
Wrong Link, use this one:
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Slashdot ate the code, here is a link
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I agree with you that the quality of/. is decreasing steadily, when you can't even post patches! My god! Well, that is commercial stuff for you. Anyways thank you for the attempt to use this miserable forum, here is a link to the kernel list archive and the post with the patch.
Our Bundesgerichtshof (federal civil court) has decided last year, that all Microsoft provisions trying to prevent the unbundling of OEM versions of the machines they came with are not enforcable against customers. Basicly the same as the "frist sale " - doctrine of American law.
Here is the press notice in German:
http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/Entscheidungen/pressem 00/BGH/zivil/bgh49-00.html
I assume you are much more familiar with GNOME than with KDE. So you might think KDE is less configurable, but it isn't.
To start any app (e.g. konsole) with a key, right click on the K button. Choose Personal Preferences. Select the application you want to assign a key to (konsole is in System). Then look at the bottom [Assuming KDE-2.2.1, older verions had a second tab labeled "Advanced"]. Select "change" associated keys. Press your Keys or set the default key (if there is one). Press OK. Done.
About the panel, that used to happen in KDE-2.0 maybe, but not in the KDE-2.2 series. Anyways, just hit ALT+F2 and type "kicker" to regain the panel. Also file a bug report if you can replicate the behaviour.
And it was founded by Matthias Ettrich as well!
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Lyx was also founded by Matthias Ettrich. He left the lyx team, when they decided to stick with xforms and did not want to join into making klyx.
For this reason lyx still looks like SHIT and is a hard sell, when it could look modern. But the klyx port has not stayed current and is all but abandoned. Hopefully the next lyx version 1.2 will have a working QT2/KDE GUI. (It is in the works.)
Well this wasn't Matthias Ettrich's first and only accomplishment. He also gave us the first and only usable frontend to latex.
I (and many other people!) swear by lyx for their scientific papers. It is absolutely great. Only after this did Matthias Ettrich start KDE.
First he created a GUI for the best OS text processing system, then he went on to create the best GUI for the entire unix OS!
Unlike some other guys (Miguel, Bruce,...) he did not become a poster child of slashdot kids, but he deserves our gratitude for his great work towards a linux (and BSD) for the end user and on many desktops.
YOU seem to be lying. What features are not converted?
I have converted dozens of docs and the worst problem I encountered was not worse than changing the printer driver in MS Word. The filters' "errors" are comparable to the differences between two MS Office versions.
Members of the European Paliament are elected in free elections all across Europe. The Parliament is quite weak though. Much more power lies in the commission, which consists of representatioves of the nations (2 for the big ones, one for the small nations), and who from the "European Government" if you wish. [Though our antieuropean British friends would become hysterical if you told them there was a European government).
I use freedos sometimes. When I do bios updates or flash my DVD-Players, I boot from a freedos floppy. No MS for me.
Did you know how hard Win ME makes it to create a decent boot disk for flashing, Geeze. I tried to patch the DVD player of my girl-friend and had to try lots of stuff to get into dos mode.
So now I live in a 100% OpenSource World. linux & freedos.
Here is what AskJeeves says about "UTF-8" (which is as you can easily see the character code of the SO-6 XML doc I pasted here.
UTF-8 encoding:
UTF-8 is an efficient encoding of Unicode character-strings that recognizes the fact that the majority of text-based communications are in ASCII, and it therefore optimizes the encoding of these characters.... See also RFC2044 for details.
I guess MS also includes copy of the last document I scanned, an encrypted list of the last 30 URLS you clicked plus what software was installed. Here is what an SO-6 document looks like (hint: unzip it)
As you can see unicode is used here as well. Also READABLE XML. Looks okay doesn't it?
In case you did not know, there was an open source library to access the fasttrack network.
Check out giFT and the GUI kift.
This network is a lot better than gnutella, faster and more reliable, really good.
I have been using it with joy, very good downloads, excellent. Then 5 days ago the assholes at fasttrack changed the format, centralized the access, you know NEED a central server to get the passphrase. No more decentralized network. It was called a "security update"
So, I hope they DIE a horrible legal death, greedy sobs. No compassion.
The companies involved have NO interest in a free client at all.
Do a/net install. Has been that way with SO since version 4.0 on linux (the first I used).
And it is pointed out several times in the detailed installation guide.
Sometimes I think the difference between computer gurus and guys like Lehtyos and other normal computer users is the ability and willingness to read a manual....
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Both OpenOffice Impress and kpresenter are stable mature applications that can do most things a rational person would ever expect in a presentation.
So if you write
" There's no open-source software replacement for PowerPoint."
you are right. There is not one, there are TWO GPL apps to replace powerpoint.
Now if I look at the fact that SVG is a vector format (not a presentation format) and the fact that openoffice641 opens all ridiculous powerpoint stuff I get mailed by people, I think you should look harder before you propoese new projects to other people.
See http://www.openoffice.org and http://www.koffice.org for the apps.
GPL, for linux and QT/KDE. Has everything I need and looks prettier. Faster too.
/. who whine about the spyware on their Windows machines. GO AWAY!
A new version (0.3) was released two days ago.
I have no sympathy for all the losers on
Here is the URL: http://www.qtella.net/
Description:
Qtella is a new Gnutella client for Linux written in C++ using the Qt libraries. It should be no problem to use Qtella on any platforms where Qt with thread support (library qt-mt must exists) is installed.
The following features are part of Qtella 0.2.1:
multiple search
continue interrupted downloads
uploads
limit number of downloads and uploads
limit upload bandwidth
separate unfinished downloads from finished ones
download of several files at once
test whether file allready exists
identification of download server
automatic retry if error, busy, closed
auto connect list
KDE integration
save host list
handle extended gnutella protocol
status lines and statistics
accecpt incoming connections
download from firewalled hosts
pong cache to reduce network traffic
> Koffice is nice... one great thing they can have is to include a pdf writer into it...
> ps2pdf isnt good enough... fonts arent always supported properly..
Well, try to print a file, every KDE-2.2.1 application has the option to print to PDF (and Postscript) by default. This is caused by the great kdeprinting system, which RULES in combination with cups.
If the quality of ps2pdf bothers you, thius is part of ghostscript. If you still use a 5.x version, I urge you to upgradde to GPL ghostscript 6.5.2 or AFPL ghostscript 7.03. PDF support has been greatly improved.
Never trust a slashdot post.
But in fact the jopystick patch has been missing in the Changelog. I had used AC kernels because of this bug and what is the point of an incomplete changelog?
Next time I will check the code in the kernel first.
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0110 .2/0463.html
I agree with you that the quality of /. is decreasing steadily, when you can't even post patches! My god! Well, that is commercial stuff for you. Anyways thank you for the attempt to use this miserable forum, here is a link to the kernel list archive and the post with the patch.
1 09 .3/0599.html
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0
Hello Linus? Wake up? How about some reacting on feedback?
Hello CmdrWacko? How about a less intrusive filter?
I mean how can Linux not submit a simple SMALL fix for all joystikcs out ther, This SUCKS.
GRRR! I personally reported this bug three times!
Our Bundesgerichtshof (federal civil court) has decided last year, that all Microsoft provisions trying to prevent the unbundling of OEM versions of the machines they came with are not enforcable against customers. Basicly the same as the "frist sale " - doctrine of American law.
m 00 /BGH/zivil/bgh49-00.html
Here is the press notice in German:
http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/Entscheidungen/presse
Great! :-)
Word can't even READ the SO file format. How does it make Word better, that it has an incompatible file format?
.doc files, unlike MSO, wich does not even open .sdw files.
.doc files, I could not care less.
The OFFICE SUITE SO-5.2 is as good as MS Office. I did not say SO is better than MS Office at importing documents from another office's format.
It is though, it can at least do sometthing with
If you CREATE a document in SO, you will find it superior. MS Word might be a better file viewer for
I assume you are much more familiar with GNOME than with KDE. So you might think KDE is less configurable, but it isn't.
To start any app (e.g. konsole) with a key, right click on the K button. Choose Personal Preferences. Select the application you want to assign a key to (konsole is in System). Then look at the bottom [Assuming KDE-2.2.1, older verions had a second tab labeled "Advanced"]. Select "change" associated keys. Press your Keys or set the default key (if there is one). Press OK. Done.
About the panel, that used to happen in KDE-2.0 maybe, but not in the KDE-2.2 series. Anyways, just hit ALT+F2 and type "kicker" to regain the panel. Also file a bug report if you can replicate the behaviour.
Lyx was also founded by Matthias Ettrich. He left the lyx team, when they decided to stick with xforms and did not want to join into making klyx.
For this reason lyx still looks like SHIT and is a hard sell, when it could look modern. But the klyx port has not stayed current and is all but abandoned. Hopefully the next lyx version 1.2 will have a working QT2/KDE GUI. (It is in the works.)
Just specify ao=sdl in your ~/.mplayer/config. This will use SDL for audio output and SDL (newer versions) have artsd support. Voila problem solved.
.... :-)
:-)
Mplayer is really cool. I have never got the divx mpeglib to work, too. WOuld be nice to turn mplayer into a noatun module,
Also missing: Agood music DB, that replaces the playlist in noatun. Apart from that noatun is COOOL.
Well this wasn't Matthias Ettrich's first and only accomplishment. He also gave us the first and only usable frontend to latex.
I (and many other people!) swear by lyx for their scientific papers. It is absolutely great. Only after this did Matthias Ettrich start KDE.
First he created a GUI for the best OS text processing system, then he went on to create the best GUI for the entire unix OS!
Unlike some other guys (Miguel, Bruce, ...) he did not become a poster child of slashdot kids, but he deserves our gratitude for his great work towards a linux (and BSD) for the end user and on many desktops.
THANK YOU!
You contact the authors at openoffice.org, report a bug and tell them that this behaviour is crap and that it should be corrected.
Bring it to their attention! I also reported some bugs to them and the Stardivision/Sun folks are nice and responsive.
There are two ways:
You don't have to be a programmer to contribute!
You have NEVER used Staroffice longer than 5 minutes, I bet.
Many of my colleagues have switched after using both MSWord 2000 and SO-5.2 for a while.
SO is just better for big documents.
YOU seem to be lying. What features are not converted?
I have converted dozens of docs and the worst problem I encountered was not worse than changing the printer driver in MS Word. The filters' "errors" are comparable to the differences between two MS Office versions.
Which idiot modded this up? Do astroturfers now come in pairs of two? It is a complete lie.
SO-5.2 is absolutely comparabale and better in parts than MS Office 2000.
Anyone who thinks differently should tell where the problems are. General statements (crashes a lot) are hard to bleive without any detail.
Members of the European Paliament are elected in free elections all across Europe. The Parliament is quite weak though. Much more power lies in the commission, which consists of representatioves of the nations (2 for the big ones, one for the small nations), and who from the "European Government" if you wish. [Though our antieuropean British friends would become hysterical if you told them there was a European government).
I use freedos sometimes. When I do bios updates or flash my DVD-Players, I boot from a freedos floppy. No MS for me.
Did you know how hard Win ME makes it to create a decent boot disk for flashing, Geeze. I tried to patch the DVD player of my girl-friend and had to try lots of stuff to get into dos mode.
So now I live in a 100% OpenSource World. linux & freedos.
UTF-8 encoding:
UTF-8 is an efficient encoding of Unicode character-strings that recognizes the fact that the majority of text-based communications are in ASCII, and it therefore optimizes the encoding of these characters. ... See also RFC2044 for details.
It IS unicode.
I guess MS also includes copy of the last document I scanned, an encrypted list of the last 30 URLS you clicked plus what software was installed. Here is what an SO-6 document looks like (hint: unzip it)
e " xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:chart="http://openoffice.org/2000/chart" xmlns:dr3d="http://openoffice.org/2000/dr3d" xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:form="http://openoffice.org/2000/form" xmlns:script="http://openoffice.org/2000/script" office:class="text" office:version="1.0">
As you can see unicode is used here as well. Also READABLE XML. Looks okay doesn't it?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE office:document-content PUBLIC "-//OpenOffice.org//DTD OfficeDocument 1.0//EN" "office.dtd">
<office:document-content xmlns:office="http://openoffice.org/2000/office" xmlns:style="http://openoffice.org/2000/style" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text" xmlns:table="http://openoffice.org/2000/table" xmlns:draw="http://openoffice.org/2000/drawing" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:number="http://openoffice.org/2000/datastyl
<office:script/>
<office:font-decls>
<style:font-decl style:name="Arial Unicode MS" fo:font-family="'Arial Unicode MS'" style:font-pitch="variable"/>
<style:font-decl style:name="HG Mincho Light J" fo:font-family="'HG Mincho Light J'" style:font-pitch="variable"/>
<style:font-decl style:name="Thorndale" fo:font-family="Thorndale" style:font-family-generic="roman" style:font-pitch="variable"/>
<style:font-decl style:name="Albany" fo:font-family="Albany" style:font-family-generic="swiss" style:font-pitch="variable"/>
</office:font-decls>
<office:automatic-styles/>
<office:body>
<text:sequence-decls>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Illustration"/>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Table"/>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Text"/>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Drawing"/>
</text:sequence-decls>
<text:p text:style-name="Heading">This</text:p>
<text:h text:style-name="Heading 1" text:level="1">IS</text:h>
<text:p text:style-name="Text body"/>
<text:h text:style-name="Heading 10" text:level="10">wetzgdfhdfh</text:h>
<text:p text:style-name="Marginalia">TITLE</text:p>
<text:p text:style-name="Marginalia"/>
<text:p text:style-name="Salutation">My FRIEND</text:p>
<text:p text:style-name="List Indent">Klar?</text:p>
<text:p text:style-name="List Indent"/>
<text:p text:style-name="Signature">Testpeter</text:p>
</office:body>
</office:document-content>
Check out giFT and the GUI kift.
This network is a lot better than gnutella, faster and more reliable, really good.
I have been using it with joy, very good downloads, excellent. Then 5 days ago the assholes at fasttrack changed the format, centralized the access, you know NEED a central server to get the passphrase. No more decentralized network. It was called a "security update"
So, I hope they DIE a horrible legal death, greedy sobs. No compassion.
The companies involved have NO interest in a free client at all.
Read the whole story at the homepage of giFT:
http://gift.sourceforge.net/press_9_29_01.html
Do a /net install. Has been that way with SO since version 4.0 on linux (the first I used).
And it is pointed out several times in the detailed installation guide.
Sometimes I think the difference between computer gurus and guys like Lehtyos and other normal computer users is the ability and willingness to read a manual....
Check it out here:r nd es.php3
http://www.linux-verband.de/einsatz/projekte/be
70 KDE desktops.