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<H4>By James T. Dennis,
<a href="mailto:linux-questions-only@ssc.com">linux-questions-only@ssc.com</a><BR>
LinuxCare,
<A HREF="http://www.linuxcare.com/">http://www.linuxcare.com/</A>
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<H3 align="left"><img src="../../gx/dennis/qbubble.gif"
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>Accupuncturist Filmaker Hates Fascist MS Products</H3>
<p><strong>From Zombewolf on Mon, 31 Jan 2000
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<P><STRONG>
dear answer guy
</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>
I'm a keep it simple, I dont like to waste time on computers kind
of guy. I do very little with a computer because the learning
curve is too high and software changes version far too frequently
to allow me to use what I just learned.
</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>
In 1993 I edited many films, commercials, infomertials on AVID
proprietary mac based machines. Now I'm an accupuncturist with
minimal computer usage. I draft bills and do some research. Some
day, when I get rich, I'll make films again ( maybe in 5 or 10
years).
</STRONG></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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That's an interesting background.
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<P><STRONG><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
>
I HATE MICROSOFT AND IT'S FASCIST WINDOWS PRODUCTS.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
>
This sentiment seems a mite strong for a casual
computer user. Usually it's the professionals who
spend 80 hours a week working on this stuff that
have such seething vehemence.
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<P><STRONG><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
>
I'll buy a computer in March - can I do well with linux or am I
the wrong profile?
</STRONG></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
>
I hate to see some one driven so much by hatred.
(O.K. I know that sounded funny, but I mean it).
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
I'd rather you use Linux because it offered you
what you wanted, rather than out of unadulterated
revulsion.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
How to you feel about MacOS?
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
It sounds like Linux or MacOS might fill the bill for
you. However, you might have a bit of a trick to
find Linux applications that meet your needs and user
interface preferences.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
The <A HREF="http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME</A> project is working on GNOfin and GNUcash
for personal accounting. However I doubt those are
ready for use as general purpose accounting and
billing applications. There is the AppGen commercial
accounting package for Linux (*) which might be
overkill for your needs.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><UL><LI>
(<A HREF="http://www.appgen.com/linux.html"
>http://www.appgen.com/linux.html</A>)
</UL></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Unfortunately there isn't a "Quickbooks" for Linux,
yet. Here's one place to look for some of the
financial applications that exist for Linux:
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
LinuxStart
<DD><A HREF="http://www.linuxstart.com/applications/finance.html"
>http://www.linuxstart.com/applications/finance.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
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... and a couple of my favorites:
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Christopher B. Browne's
<DD><A HREF="http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/finances.html"
>http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/finances.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
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... and
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
Linas Vepstas
<DD><A HREF="http://linas.org/linux"
>http://linas.org/linux</A>
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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I dont know anyone who uses the os and want to know how to make an
informed decision.
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Thank You
William Daniels
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<BLOCKQUOTE><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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I see by your phone number that you're in the
415 area code. (As always I've removed all addressing
and personal information beyond your name from the
quoted portions of your e-mail; I don't let those get
published in my column).
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You're in the perfect location to visit Linux user's
groups to meet lots of people who use Linux. You can
visit SVLUG (<A HREF="http://www.svlug.org"
>http://www.svlug.org</A>) and BALUG
(<A HREF="http://www.balug.org"
>http://www.balug.org</A>) to find out the details about
when and where the have their meetings.
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SVLUG meets next Wednesday (first Wednesday of every
month). The February meeting will probably be a bit
less well attended than usual --- many bay area Linux
users will be in New York at the LinuxWorld Expo.
However, there will probably still be over 100 people
there. (Their meetings are usually twice that).
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BALUG is held on the third Thursday of the month
at the Four Seas restaurant in San Francisco's
chinatown.
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You can find out more than you'd ever want to know
about Bay Area (and Silicon Valley) Linux events at
<A HREF="http://www.linuxmafia.com/bale"
>http://www.linuxmafia.com/bale</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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(Note: Installfests are events where Linux geeks like
me get together and help new users install Linux
unto their systems and configure them for your use.
That's one of the nice benefits of using a free
operating system --- we can help one another without
concerns about software piracy interfering with our fun).
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>Tuesday, Thursday...</H3>
<p><strong>From Tim Moss on Sun, 20 Feb 2000
</strong></p>
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Jim Dennis wrote:
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<P><STRONG><FONT COLOR="#000066"><EM>
BALUG is held on the third Thursday of the month
at the Four Seas restaurant in San Francisco's
chinatown.
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Tim Moss says:
<br>Shouldn't that be 3rd Tuesday?
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Yep! 3rd Thursday is <a href="http://www.baylisa.org/">BayLISA</a>
(Bay Area Large Installation Systems Administration: a predecessor to
<a href="http://www.usenix.org/sage/">SAGE</a>, the SysAdmin's Guild).
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I sometimes get them confused, though my PalmPilot
reminds me of the right meeting dates. I have
a pair of periodic reminder for each (previous and
same day for each).
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That's two you've caught me on this month. Want
a job as "assistant editor"?
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
(The pay is non-existent, but we have the benefits to
match!)
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<em><p>[ Tight deadlines R us! For those who may be wondering who
this fellow is, he's a work colleague of Jim's who has
had a chance to see some of these ahead of time. I do
attempt to clean up little details like that during
processing. <img src="../../gx/dennis/smily.gif"
alt=":)" align="top">
<br>-- Heather ]</p></em>
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