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I gotta say - on the mac thing - that O/S borrows so much from open source and has so much in common with Linux that I can't find any distinguishing character that would make me part with so much money for their products.

With Linux I can use cheap hardware and I get a free O/S which I can upgrade as I need (free of charge).

In a nutshell, I think I would suffer buyer's remorse if I bought a shiny new Mac.
 
Donn said:
I don't listen to podcasts (can't avoid falling asleep, I'm weird) so I have not looked. I use Thunderbird for mail as well as RSS (some RSS I just make bookmarks in Firefox - i.e. subscribe to a feed) and that works well.


:) Baby steps Padawan. It takes magnificent power to forget how to use Winders. I am such a Jedi. Modesty forbids me from further self-praise. :D
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Yeah, no. That would just add another program, because podcasts aren't handled all that well by Thunderbird.

Add to that the fact that I prefer web-based mail.

If only there was a combination of Gpodder and Songbird, with full support for Linux.

But, since Songbird has ceased support for Linux, I'm left waiting for Nightingale. A long wait, I can imagine.
 
Donn said:
Not sure if this thread has touched on it but of things non-ascii Linux has a super system to enter characters. It's really natural and flows with one's typing.

Setup your 'compose key' (however your desktop let's you) to something like right-Alt and then you can do:

ä = compose, double-quote, a (all individual presses, not simultaneous)
è = compose, `, e
— = compose, - three times (minus key, press thrice)
© = compose, c, O (capital o)

I hope those came out ok.

I am sure there are more - what are your tips?
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ö, ä, ü are not a real problem for me. I have keys for that.
é, è and ê aren't either, I have keys for the accents and put them over the letters in deadkey-fashion (i.e. type ' and nothing seems to happen, but when you type an e after that you get é)

Donn said:
I am sure there are more - what are your tips?
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I am not sure I could give any real good tips. For one, because the key designations are all kind of Greek to me. There's super, meta, right-alt, left-alt, win and ... oh, it is all very murky. And KDE's keyboard configuration isn't that much help either. Sure, there are lots of options, but it is all quite messy. "Put meta on left alt", "Make win-key the third level choser", "the button to start thermonuclear war is space" and so on. Another thing is that I am using a German Macintosh layout with deadkeys, so I figure it works totally different from what you have.
 
Lord Emsworth said:
I have keys for that.
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:) You stole a Mac meme.

I have keys for the accents and put them over the letters in deadkey-fashion (i.e. type ' and nothing seems to happen, but when you type an e after that you get é)
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But how do you get a ' alone when you want one? Like you just did.

key designations are all kind of Greek to me.
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Ha, join the club!

"Put meta on left alt", "Make win-key the third level choser", "the button to start thermonuclear war is space" and so on.
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I lolled. It's all so true.

Another thing is that I am using a German Macintosh layout with deadkeys, so I figure it works totally different from what you have.
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That's another wonder of Linux isn't it? It runs on and with just about anything!
 
Donn said:
:) You stole a Mac meme.

But how do you get a ' alone when you want one? Like you just did.
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' and then Space

Donn said:
That's another wonder of Linux isn't it? It runs on and with just about anything!
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Oh make no mistake, I am running a thoroughbred PC. I am just using the Mac keyboard layout, because I happen to be more familiar with that. (That it differs from PC keyboard layouts goes without saying. How could it be any different?)

The Mac keyboards that I still have work too, but they aren't really good. Either too small and lacking a bunch of keys, or just a nightmare to type on. Any cheap (PC) stuff is better than what Apple ships with their machines apparantly. Back in the 90ies, when the company was almost dead, this was all different.
 
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How do you guys deal with email alerts? I use Hotmail and Gmail but after having a go with the Kmail client, I think I would rather just access the respective websites directly. I would however like to get incoming mail alerts like the Windows Live app gave me. I know there are some apps that watch for webpage changes that might do the trick. Any advice for a KDE distro (Pardus) user?
 
Sideroxylon said:
How do you guys deal with email alerts? I use Hotmail and Gmail but after having a go with the Kmail client, I think I would rather just access the respective websites directly. I would however like to get incoming mail alerts like the Windows Live app gave me. I know there are some apps that watch for webpage changes that might do the trick. Any advice for a KDE distro (Pardus) user?
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Since I use Hotmail, I get my notifications through Emesene (a WLM client for Linux), and I know that there are several WLM clients for KDE, if you also use Hotmail.

Other than that, I wouldn't know.
 
Donn said:
I don't listen to podcasts (can't avoid falling asleep, I'm weird) so I have not looked. I use Thunderbird for mail as well as RSS (some RSS I just make bookmarks in Firefox - i.e. subscribe to a feed) and that works well.
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I seldom listen to podcasts on my computer. I've use the DoggCatcher RSS feed aggregator on my phone for podcast listening.

I use the Liferea RSS aggregator to collect news articles and video podcasts for viewing on my desktop.


Donn said:
:) Baby steps Padawan. It takes magnificent power to forget how to use Winders. I am such a Jedi. Modesty forbids me from further self-praise. :D
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I don't see the advantage in "forgetting" how to use Windows. I try to make it a point to stay up on all 3 major platforms. Why would you ever want to get to the point where you can't walk up to any computer anywhere and be able to operate it proficiently?
 
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John Albert said:
I seldom listen to podcasts on my computer. I've use the DoggCatcher RSS feed aggregator on my phone for podcast listening.
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I, on the other hand, mainly listen to podcasts on my computer. An added bonus is that synchronizing with my mp3 player is easier.

I do see the advantage of downloading to a phone directly, were it not that I don't delete all podcasts after listening (especially audio dramas).

I don't see the advantage in "forgetting" how to use Windows. I try to make it a point to stay up on all 3 major platforms. Why would you ever want to get to the point where you can't walk up to any computer anywhere and be able to operate it proficiently?
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Well, I wasn't really serious. It's a bit like someone who doesn't want to drive a specific type of car, or someone who hates a certain band, and then prides him/herself in not knowing about it.

It's fairly obvious that knowing Windows is helpful, especially if it's the only OS available at work.

Just having a bit of fun.
 
John Albert said:
I don't see the advantage in "forgetting" how to use Windows. .. Why would you ever want to get to the point where you can't walk up to any computer anywhere and be able to operate it proficiently?
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A mixture of hyperbole, geography and income.

I don't encounter Windows where I live.
I don't have trouble with various (distant) jobs because Open Office, Web work and Python (etc.) make the O/S go away.
I don't have the spare change to buy Winders.

Put that all together and boast (with a secret wince) about it.

Sorted.
:)
 
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