What programs would you like to see ported to Linux?

jag2000 · 03-27-2007, 07:54 AM

Remedy ticketing system

phantom_cyph · 03-27-2007, 08:30 AM

I just have a dumb question. We all list programs we want in Linux, is there a representative for given programs that is actually reading this, or are we simply posting in vain?

pappy_mcfae · 03-28-2007, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by kalabanta

I just have a dumb question. We all list programs we want in Linux, is there a representative for given programs that is actually reading this, or are we simply posting in vain?

And I don't have an answer. For myself, though, there is a hope that perhaps this thread might draw some of the software gods from the happy land of Windoze. That would be the ideal situation.

Of course, even if it is just a waste of time, and an act of mental self-pleasuring, it's a fun way to talk about the soft white underbelly of the digital world that is Linux.

It really is sad that the most stable and secure operating system for the PC is so horribly under supplied with decent programs. However, considering what was happening when I first found Linux in '94, things have gotten much better. I'm sure in a few years, there will be many more programs for Linux that are on par with their Windoze platform analogs than exist at the moment. If it can happen with Internet browsers, it's only a matter of time before a REAL audio program will be coded! I wait for that day with incredible anticipation.

Of course, the internet and browsers for it showed up under UNIX based operating systems long before it showed up under DOS or Windoze...

Oh well

Blessed be!
Pappy

ussr_1991 · 04-02-2007, 08:58 AM

Internet Explorer 7.0 and Windows Media Player 11.
These are the 2 must applications for me because when i used firefox 2.0.0.3, it sucks sometimes because my Internet has no problems, the file is present and using windows media player 11, it may not able to open the music. With IE7, everything is perfect.

mike10 · 04-02-2007, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ussr_1991

With IE7, everything is perfect.

if only that where the case but IE's handling of security leaves much to be desired

beanfoto2 · 04-02-2007, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ussr_1991

Internet Explorer 7.0 and Windows Media Player 11.
These are the 2 must applications for me because when i used firefox 2.0.0.3, it sucks sometimes because my Internet has no problems, the file is present and using windows media player 11, it may not able to open the music. With IE7, everything is perfect.

Was this posted on April the 1st, or with tongue in cheek?

alred · 04-02-2007, 10:35 AM

for me firefox in gnome or even gnome itself is really perfect for everthing ...

and now i'm at the cross-road ... not sure whether to improve and prosper or to keep my old ways(which i have choose it on purpose , get what i mean) of dealing with things ...

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Andruha · 04-02-2007, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ussr_1991

Internet Explorer 7.0 and Windows Media Player 11.
These are the 2 must applications for me because when i used firefox 2.0.0.3, it sucks sometimes because my Internet has no problems, the file is present and using windows media player 11, it may not able to open the music. With IE7, everything is perfect.

You might be also interested in microsoft security flaws emulator? One bad thing with this is that it has to be patched three times a day

phantom_cyph · 04-02-2007, 06:48 PM

Internet Exploiter is another name for a large virus that lets you access the net. It only gets along with other viruses made from the same company, otherwise known as Microsloth. Unfortunatly, the feds have not put an end to this misery and demanded all programs re-assimilated and ported to Linux, leaving Microsloth in the local dumpster. Until that day, I will continue to use Linux how it is, "un-supplied" or not...

alred · 04-02-2007, 09:55 PM

yup ... until the whole world is going down with ie ... and i thought it is my "domain" in wishing that ...

//you guys are really something ... ^_^

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jvetor · 04-02-2007, 10:06 PM

I'd like to see Family Tree Maker for Linux. I have bugged them but so far they haven't done anything or even bothered to reply to me.
Jim

MartyMcFly · 04-03-2007, 12:20 AM

Photoshop and Flash (creator)! The GIMP hardly accomplishes what PS can do

And I couldn't find any good swf creators by now.

pappy_mcfae · 04-03-2007, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ussr_1991

Internet Explorer 7.0 and Windows Media Player 11.
These are the 2 must applications for me because when i used firefox 2.0.0.3, it sucks sometimes because my Internet has no problems, the file is present and using windows media player 11, it may not able to open the music. With IE7, everything is perfect.

Obviously, this is supposed to be a joke. I don't use IE, even with my Win2k installation. Given all its security flaws, I wish IE could be successfully excised from that side of my computer. It can't, and I accept that, but if it could, I'd do it tomorrow.

Now, while I do have times that Firefox goes off into the ether, I'll take that over the numerous security leaks in IE. Besides, there are other browsers one can use with Linux. If you don't like Firefox, try Opera, Seamonkey, or any other browser available for Linux. You are still worlds ahead of the fight when compared with IE. Bleah!

Of course, we are all entitled to our opinions, no matter how flawed.

Blessed be!
Pappy

alred · 04-03-2007, 04:59 AM

>> "Photoshop and Flash (creator)! The GIMP hardly accomplishes what PS can do And I couldn't find any good swf creators by now."

they can be just be a sequence run of images with sound like a video or an animation exported or converted to swf ... mplayer , ffmpeg or swftools can help you ...

and maybe it depends on what "independent" materials already on hands you want to use and not trying start from scratch ... if that is so , then maybe there arent much difference for linux and windows ...

//ok , lets start making some pixar quality flash together across the globe ...

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pwc101 · 04-03-2007, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by pappy_mcfae

Given all its security flaws, I wish IE could be successfully excised from that side of my computer. It can't, and I accept that, but if it could, I'd do it tomorrow.

There is a program (not free) that allows you to remove Internet Explorer (and various other programs in Windows) which are otherwise not removable. I use it to strip my windows partition down to the absolute minimum - I think I once got an XP install down to 1.5GB, if my memory serves. Find it at http://www.litepc.com/. I think you get a trial with limited functionality for free, but if you want the whole shebang, it's gonna cost you!