XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.os.linux.mandrake, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   XPost: alt.os.linux.redhat   
   From: liam@NOSPAM.liamslider.com   
      
   On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:14:27 +0000, Lloyd Parsons wrote:   
      
      
   >> >   
   >> > I've added Office 2004 'cause I like Entourage for its handling of   
   >> > projects and tasks.  I'd use it for email, but that fragile, monolithic   
   >> > db that it uses just doesn't cut it.  And searches in it are horribly   
   >> > slow.   
   >>   
   >> Yeah, I added abiword too, it was pretty simple to do though, just went to   
   >> "install software" and selected abiword and the plugins and everything   
   >> was installed automatically for me. It's fast, sleek, build in integration   
   >> of a bunch of useful services (like google, wikipedia, online   
   >> dictionaries, etc...).   
   >>   
   > For Office, I just copied it to the application folder and ran it.  No   
   > real install procedure.  That is the way of much of OSX software.   
   > There are some that are in .pkg format and those have to be installed.   
   > Most of them are doing something with a driver or some other lo-level   
   > stuff.   
      
      
   No real "installation procedure" for me either. I go to "install software"   
   (and note, I don't need a software CD or anything, although they can be   
   used, they weren't in this case). And I browse through the software   
   avaliable online. Basically, at this point I'm still effectively   
   *shopping* for software....although this is the free stuff. I find   
   something I like, I check a box. I click "install." Everything is   
   downloaded and installed on my computer. The apps are added to the main   
   menu automatically. That's it.   
      
   Different, but not really more difficult. Any software in "Mandrake RPM"   
   format can be installed just like that.   
      
   >   
   >> I also added Totem (a movie player for GNOME) that's quite nice, works   
   >> great with my DVDs. And Rhythmbox (think iTunes for Linux).   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> > I've also updated my iLife to '05 and got iWork because Pages is very   
   >> > nice for my sales flyers and such and Keynote is just a snap to use   
   >> > for presentations.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> I'm sure. If I wanted to do flyers and such I'd probably use   
   >> Scribus...but it's not a GNOME/GTK app. It is included with Mandrake   
   >> though, and is very highly recommended.   
   >>   
   > For us SSST (scum sucking sales types), flyers and such are money in the   
   > bank.  The quicker I can make 'em, the grabbier (?) they look, the   
   > better the response....   
      
      
   Sure, on Linux, I'd still use Scribus. :-)   
      
   Either that or one of the professional, CSS desktop publishing   
   applications for Linux. Like PageStream....oooh, I just checked...it's a   
   GNOME/GTK application. Sweet.   
      
      
      
   > Sounds nice!   
   >   
   > But I'm not taking that old box out of the closet.... ;-)   
      
   Didn't expect you to.   
      
   >   
   > OSX is surely not behind the times,   
      
   Sure, was mainly refering to your Linux knowledge. However, with the rate   
   of development and how quickly new and improved releases happen....it   
   won't be too long before Apple has to do *something* to keep up.   
      
   >and Tiger looks to be something   
   > worth having.  Spotlight alone would be enough for me to buy.   
      
   GNOME is integrating a feature *very* much like Spotlight into it's   
   Nautilis file manager in the next release...which won't be too long, a   
   matter of months.   
      
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