[plug] Re: Lexmark Printers (fwd)

[Simon Scott]

	After you guys easily fill the blanks (see my attempt below), issue
our own challenge....Can Windows provide software , with no loss of
configurability or functionality, that is the equivalent of .....?

	here are my attempts at his list

	a) Word - Abiword, KWord, Staroffice
	b) He uses Eudora? Sad indeed. One of the 48 milltion email clients,
text or window based.
	c) Netscape... or one of the 48 million nntp clients available ,
text or window based.
	d) gnapster.... or one of the 48 million napster clones, text or
window based. I use gnapster
	e) I use XCDRoast... there are lots of others... Unless you are
copying playstation games there is no loss of functionality.
	f) Geez, this guy's trying hard! What's the name of that
professional (free) video editing suite? 
	g) errr, 'Quicktime' is a program under windows? ugh, this makes me
more ill than his articles. Does xanim or similar handle quicktime? Does
anyone care?
	h) Dunno much about games, however I have Quake III Arena and Unreal
Tournament running on my box at home. Im sure the others have been LOKI-fied
at some point. Caveat - 3D is very young under linux, mostly due to hardware
manufacturers sitting on their hands. However, once set up, it is rock solid
opengl with performance (on most recent cards) close to windows.  This
should probably be seen as Linux's biggest weak point.









	From:	Jonathon Bates <batesy at batesy.ii.net> on 09-04-2001 09:59 AM
	Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
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	Subject:	[plug] Re: Lexmark Printers (fwd)

	Guys wanna help me out here?
	:)
	I can get most of the programs or alternatives but
	I just want some further ideas! :)

	Cya
	Batesy
	-- 
	"I did it all for the Wookie CARN, the Wookie CARN"


	---------- Forwarded message ----------
	Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 09:59:18 +0800
	From: Nick Miller <nick.miller at wanews.com.au>
	To: Jonathon Bates <batesy at batesy.ii.net>
	Subject: Re: Lexmark Printers

	Hi,

	A couple of people have written to challenge me on the issue of
Linux
	software, along the general lines of 'Anything Windows can do, Linux
can do'.

	So here's an idea for an article in the West. Answer the challenge,
I'll print
	the results.

	The Linux challenge.

	Here's a list of the programs on my PC at the moment that I
regularly use.
	Which ones can be replaced, with no loss of functionality, by a
Linux
	alternative? And what Linux product, specifically (so I can verify
claims).

	- Word
	- Eudora
	- Microsoft Explorer (inc. news reader)
	- Napster
	- MusicMatch (I use it to play MP3s, with trippy visualisations, and
compile
	them to burn a CD)
	- CD copier
	- Ulead Media Studio Pro - video capture, professional edit with
plenty of
	transitions, can handle DV, MPEG-1 and -2, MJPEG, AVI etc.
	- Quicktime

	And games (I'll leave it generic to make things slightly fairer):
	3D pool
	Racing game
	first-person shoot-em-up
	God game

	Obviously I use plenty more programs, but these are the ones I
regularly go
	back to.

	Arguing that you can dual-boot two operating systems, Windows and
Linux, is no
	answer in my opinion. Dual-boot is a pain. Logically, there is no
reason to
	switch to Linux unless A) Linux offers me everything that Windows
does, or B)
	Linux does something useful that Windows can't.

	Interested to hear your response. Also generally on the topic: is
Linux
	appropriate for the average home user? Or is it still a specialist
OS? Bear in
	mind I write a column for the general PC consumer, not the hobbyist
or IT
	professional.

	Caveat: Because of the Easter break, I need responses by Tuesday
evening!

	Cheers,

	Nick




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