Re: gEDA suite vs my creaky old Protel Client 3.5?

"Chuck Harris" <cf-NO-SPAM-harris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Well, let's see, Quickbooks should be able to run under wine, and there is
> certainly an equivalent package to Quickbooks, perhaps gnucash?

Does it read Quicken files?

A BIG reason people resist changing to Linux -- even when the tools are
arguably 'good enough' or even as good as the PC versions -- is that they have
hundreds or thousands or hours invested in creating their data and they don't
want to re-enter it all.

Sun was very smart in insuring that OpenOffice could read and write -- most --
Microsoft Office files.

> If you do get
> another box to run linux, install VNC on both it and the 'doze box, and you
can
> run all of the 'doze applications from a window in the linux box over the
> ethernet.

My experience with VNC is that it still has various minor 'glitches' where the
screen doesn't always refresh quite right. I mean, for free I'm not
complaining -- it's an excellent product and I love the ability to control a
machine remotely. However, it's just not as 'usable' as either an X Server
connection or a Windows Remote Desktop (aka Terminal Server) connection.


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