I've used StarOffice 5.1 and 5.2 numerous times, but have *never* successfully taken any Office document and converted it to a useable format. Things *always* got munched up (missing text, disappearing equations, really awful formatting, etc..). If the Office docs have formatting or features that other programs can't handle, the conversion will get very messy.
For me, StarOffice was perfect for creating *new* documents, and I enjoyed using it. I think the key is to get people to *create* their documents in an alternative office suite.
Cheers,
Vic
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How about this:
1) Make sure that the connections in each dorm room actually work with a properly set-up computer BEFORE the students move in. Check each one with a laptop if possible.
2) Provide clear instructions for connecting to the network under various operating systems, types of hardware, etc.
3) DO NOT make yourself responsible for setting up everyone's individual PC. Provide them with access and instructions, but the students should be responsible for all hardware and software configuration (except maybe if it's a "mandatory laptop" or some other school-bought PC...). You can't be expected to configure thousands of PCs that have just arrived.
4) If problems appear during the "rush", first check the connection with a laptop. If it works, you shouldn't be obliged to fix it right away. Make sure all networking problems are fixed first. PC troubleshooting can be available from nerdy students, a hired pool of trained techs, etc.
Then we come to the windows users hmm... good question. If you print to file in windows, doesn't that become a postscript too? And there probably is a port of 'ps2pdf' for windows, and if not I doubt it would be too hard to do that, or maybe there is a similar software. Anyway, it CAN be done obviously...
When you print to a file in Windows, it just creates a bianry file that your printer can understand. Essentially the exact same stream of stuff that would be sent to your printer directly. This *can* be postscript, but only if your printer is postscript.
Before I set up networking at home, my roomate would print to file using the Canon BJ200ex driver on his Win95 machine, copy that file to disk, and bring it to my computer. From my Linux box, I could do something like 'cp whatever.prn/dev/lp0' which would just send that raw file to the printer. It was definitely NOT postscript.
If you want postscript in Windows, you can just use the generic postscript printer driver. I'm not sure if ps2pdf exists in Microsoftland, but it's probably out there....
But now I have networking and Samba running....no more sneakernet.:-)
The Canadian-built space station arm actually worked!
Canadians have been putting robotic arms in space for YEARS. What made you think this one was so special that you had to single it out as "actually" working?
Though I'm sure if something screwed up, you would have been quick to "blame Canada".
Tux is also very easy to deploy incrementally across an enterprise because it can transparently forward Web requests it cannot handle to another Web server, such as Apache.
What would happen in a similar case.... Let's say I do this:
Write a BASH script that completely relies on other GNU utilities, such as find, grep, wc, sed, gawk..... Would this mean that I'd have to release the script under the GPL also?
I wish the best for the GPL, and the author of the original code in this story. I hope it manages to strengthen the GPL, as there still seem to be some ucertainties.
That's really not the point of this OS. NewOS is simply the author's own attempt at writing an OS for personal education and fun. NewOS is in no way competing against linux/*bsd/hurd/etc.
I'm guessing that the author of NewOS is learning great deals of new skills, and maybe someday he'll come up with something revolutionary to share with the world. And he's got the right philosophy: release the code!;-)
Who's going to see that besides people logging in right at the console anyway? I'd be more worried about them stealing the machine than portscanning me. Even issue.net should never get displayed. I mean, what security-conscious person is running Telnet?;-)
You don't need to download the whole source. Just get patches. The source is around 20MB now IIRC, but patches are usually only a few hundred KB.
If you want a binary of a kernel, check to see if your distribution has an updated binary.
As for figuring out which modules you need... Don't worry about that. Once you have one kernel made, there's a ".config" file that you can keep re-using. Simply copy the.config file into your new kernel source tree and do a "make oldconfig". This will keep all of your old kernel settings, and prompt you if you want to add any of the few new features. Then you just compile as usual.
If you don't have the time or patience to figure out what modules you need, then it's most likely that you don't need to recompile anyway. If you want to "play", you should be willing to put in the time.:-)
If I read the words "hacking community" one more time today, I'm gonna barf!
I find this story quite funny and amusing, but it's playing up the 'noble hackers fighting for TV freedom' bit a little too much. These guys just want free movies....
If I ran one of the big sites, I'd do what everyone else does: blame someone else!
Possible choices:
- Your ISP
- A backbone router went dead
- Your local network admins have put up a firewall...
- You mistyped the URL....
- the site is slashdotted
- etc..etc...
I'm not so sure many of these sites would WANT to have their network outage publicly available. Might be somewhat embarassing for some...
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Yes, you CAN buy switchblades on E-Bay! Elian Gonzalez was on sale once too.
-Vic
Cheers,
vic
The more coffee you drink, the less dangerous each cup is. Therefore, drinking more coffee is even better for you.
;-)
Drink up. Yiiiiipppeeeeeee!!!!!
-Vic
"rest easy that you have helped build the future and inspire innovation."
;-)
I thought Microsoft already took care of this for us!
...the "Lameness Filter" doesn't let me put more than 3 dots (...) in a row in my subject line, but it lets ASCII non-art through. Bizarre...
-Vic
....on what you're trying to do with it.
I've used StarOffice 5.1 and 5.2 numerous times, but have *never* successfully taken any Office document and converted it to a useable format. Things *always* got munched up (missing text, disappearing equations, really awful formatting, etc..). If the Office docs have formatting or features that other programs can't handle, the conversion will get very messy.
For me, StarOffice was perfect for creating *new* documents, and I enjoyed using it. I think the key is to get people to *create* their documents in an alternative office suite.
Cheers,
Vic
How about this:
1) Make sure that the connections in each dorm room actually work with a properly set-up computer BEFORE the students move in. Check each one with a laptop if possible.
2) Provide clear instructions for connecting to the network under various operating systems, types of hardware, etc.
3) DO NOT make yourself responsible for setting up everyone's individual PC. Provide them with access and instructions, but the students should be responsible for all hardware and software configuration (except maybe if it's a "mandatory laptop" or some other school-bought PC...). You can't be expected to configure thousands of PCs that have just arrived.
4) If problems appear during the "rush", first check the connection with a laptop. If it works, you shouldn't be obliged to fix it right away. Make sure all networking problems are fixed first. PC troubleshooting can be available from nerdy students, a hired pool of trained techs, etc.
Or do you think this is a bit harsh?
-Vic
Then we come to the windows users hmm... good question. If you print to file in windows, doesn't that become a postscript too? And there probably is a port of 'ps2pdf' for windows, and if not I doubt it would be too hard to do that, or maybe there is a similar software. Anyway, it CAN be done obviously...
/dev/lp0' which would just send that raw file to the printer. It was definitely NOT postscript.
:-)
When you print to a file in Windows, it just creates a bianry file that your printer can understand. Essentially the exact same stream of stuff that would be sent to your printer directly. This *can* be postscript, but only if your printer is postscript.
Before I set up networking at home, my roomate would print to file using the Canon BJ200ex driver on his Win95 machine, copy that file to disk, and bring it to my computer. From my Linux box, I could do something like 'cp whatever.prn
If you want postscript in Windows, you can just use the generic postscript printer driver. I'm not sure if ps2pdf exists in Microsoftland, but it's probably out there....
But now I have networking and Samba running....no more sneakernet.
Cheers,
vic
The Canadian-built space station arm actually worked!
Canadians have been putting robotic arms in space for YEARS. What made you think this one was so special that you had to single it out as "actually" working?
Though I'm sure if something screwed up, you would have been quick to "blame Canada".
-Vic
Maybe you should read the article:
Tux is also very easy to deploy incrementally across an enterprise because it can transparently forward Web requests it cannot handle to another Web server, such as Apache.
-Vic
Outlawed? Are you kidding? Lars will be very happy abpiut this, since people will have to go out and buy new Metallica CD's. :-)
Now now George. Be nice on Slashdot, otherwise you can't have any ice cream!
It will have no more funding, so it will just disappear into thin air. Oh good, and I was getting worried that we were all being watched.
;-)
This announcement is as good as the fact that americans don't build chem/bio/nuclear weapons anymore.
-Vic
What would happen in a similar case.... Let's say I do this:
Write a BASH script that completely relies on other GNU utilities, such as find, grep, wc, sed, gawk..... Would this mean that I'd have to release the script under the GPL also?
I wish the best for the GPL, and the author of the original code in this story. I hope it manages to strengthen the GPL, as there still seem to be some ucertainties.
-Vic
That's really not the point of this OS. NewOS is simply the author's own attempt at writing an OS for personal education and fun. NewOS is in no way competing against linux/*bsd/hurd/etc.
;-)
I'm guessing that the author of NewOS is learning great deals of new skills, and maybe someday he'll come up with something revolutionary to share with the world. And he's got the right philosophy: release the code!
I wish I was skilled enough to write my own OS!
-Vic
Who's going to see that besides people logging in right at the console anyway? I'd be more worried about them stealing the machine than portscanning me. Even issue.net should never get displayed. I mean, what security-conscious person is running Telnet?
-Vic
What license is it published under? I can't seem to find any mention of licensing on their website.
Excellent editor though.
-Vic
You don't need to download the whole source. Just get patches. The source is around 20MB now IIRC, but patches are usually only a few hundred KB.
.config file into your new kernel source tree and do a "make oldconfig". This will keep all of your old kernel settings, and prompt you if you want to add any of the few new features. Then you just compile as usual.
:-)
If you want a binary of a kernel, check to see if your distribution has an updated binary.
As for figuring out which modules you need... Don't worry about that. Once you have one kernel made, there's a ".config" file that you can keep re-using. Simply copy the
If you don't have the time or patience to figure out what modules you need, then it's most likely that you don't need to recompile anyway. If you want to "play", you should be willing to put in the time.
Cheers,
Vic
Think of what a kernel mode web browser will be able to do for web sites!
Cool!! Imagine the possibilities!
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda3
append="mem=256M hdc=ide-scsi url=http://slashdot.org"
:-)
If I read the words "hacking community" one more time today, I'm gonna barf!
I find this story quite funny and amusing, but it's playing up the 'noble hackers fighting for TV freedom' bit a little too much. These guys just want free movies....
Cheers,
Vic
Why did this story get dropped from the main site?? Maybe because there wasn't a single positive comment yet....?
It's 20:11 EST when i post this... It was up maybe 10 or 15 minutes ago.
This looks like a VERY blatant attempt to get people to click onto Processtree. Has nothing to do with the article! Moderators?
If I ran one of the big sites, I'd do what everyone else does: blame someone else!
Possible choices:
- Your ISP
- A backbone router went dead
- Your local network admins have put up a firewall...
- You mistyped the URL....
- the site is slashdotted
- etc..etc...
I'm not so sure many of these sites would WANT to have their network outage publicly available. Might be somewhat embarassing for some...
Cheers,
Vic
Does this mean I will finally be able to read the horribly small fonts in some of the stories that Slashdot links to? :-)
Clic k here to see someone beat the crap out of a PS2 box.
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