Quote from: CG6468 on May 06, 2014, 09:33:14 AM
Why, shure! Threads here have a tendancy to drift? 

Drifty as a loose canoe. Bring your own paddle, some lib stole the rentals.

Quote from: quiller on May 06, 2014, 09:47:24 AMDrifty as a loose canoe. Bring your own paddle, some lib stole the rentals.

Can you canoe? 

Quote from: CG6468 on May 06, 2014, 11:10:37 AM
Can you canoe? 

Still learning canoodling.

Boy, talk about drifting....

For the Linux users - What is your favorite distro?

Mint seems to be pretty good. I like the interface a lot better than Ubuntu's.

Quote from: JTA on May 06, 2014, 01:40:33 PM
For the Linux users - What is your favorite distro?

Mint seems to be pretty good. I like the interface a lot better than Ubuntu's.

Mint is Ubuntu.  I'm running Mint with an xfce desktop.

Quote from: CG6468 on May 06, 2014, 07:08:01 AM
Either that or a different thread from the original intent of this one.

Sorry young man, I was being a smartass.  Most of us are not geeks but it is nice knowing we have some IT (geeks) around.  You will find when we start talking computers it's open season on all software. 

Quote from: Solar on May 06, 2014, 12:00:11 PM
Boy, talk about drifting....

We will keep the Political Forum and  Constitution Forum on track.   

Quote from: walkstall on May 06, 2014, 03:51:28 PM
We will keep the Political Forum and  Constitution Forum on track.   

I just found the irony hilarious.

Quote from: Solar on May 06, 2014, 12:00:11 PM
Boy, talk about drifting....

Canoe find anyone better at it?

Quote from: Solar on May 06, 2014, 04:08:13 PM
I just found the irony hilarious.

 

Quote from: walkstall on May 06, 2014, 03:45:20 PMSorry young man, I was being a smartass.  Most of us are not geeks but it is nice knowing we have some IT (geeks) around.  You will find when we start talking computers it's open season on all software.

"Young Man."             

Anyone try LibreOffice as a replacement for Windoze Office?

Quote from: CG6468 on May 06, 2014, 07:35:08 PM
"Young Man."             

Anyone try LibreOffice as a replacement for Windoze Office?

Huge footprint (like OpenOffice.org), limited capability compared to the Windoze issue, but the price is definitely right if you're willing to place your trust in open source software (as did anyone with SSL, until recently). Long story there, but open-source can be hugely expensive if all potential holes are not plugged before it gets circulated and adopted by thousands of sites.

For everyday writing, Abiword remains the best and smallest platform. The only thing it cannot do is assign H1 and H2 headings to a document (something few casual users would want anyway). It can easily save as .DOC, or as .RTF to be 100% legible to other platforms.

Hmmm....Maybe I'll try Abiword.

Quote from: CG6468 on May 06, 2014, 07:35:08 PM
"Young Man."             

Anyone try LibreOffice as a replacement for Windoze Office?

Yup.  I've been using OO for a decade, and LO for the past few years.  Works great for me.