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[QUOTE=irneb;5621736]Agreed a spreadsheet tends to gloss over such typing errors as rounding mistakes, overflows, etc. Making the user think everything's fine, while the answers could very easily be garbage.
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I used to go round and round with the "Pencil Pushers" on the subject of Spread Sheet vs Database. They wanted the company books on spread sheets. Really bad idea.
A Spread Sheet is very handy over at the Car lot. Just fill in the blanks, sign the deed and hand over the money. Blank the input fields and "NEXT - just fill in the....". Nice way to recycle static forms.
A Database is a repository of bits and pieces of information. Usually related but not required. Copies from can be used again and again. By you, me, anyone with proper access and the base does not change. That "set file Read Only" really does have a purpose.
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Originally Posted by Lsatenstein
I found a Chinese Company wps.com that produces a product to Linux, Windows, Mac, that is compatible to 99.9% with MS Office.
It is a clone. It uses QT as the graphical interface. It uses a ribbon instead of the dropdown menu.
I found it to be precise as MS. It is donation ware for single users, and low cost licensing for groups of 10 copies.
The Linux version is GREAT.
Is it legal though?
I don't want to be stereotypical but maybe I am -- I thought Chinese IP law was different to that of the US and, therefore, every country they deal with?
Yes, WPS Office is legal. It used to be called Kingsoft Office, but rebranded a couple of years ago. It isn't a clone, though it looks enough like office 2007/10, that a user of those programs should be able to switch fairly easily. I like it.
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Yes, WPS Office is legal. It used to be called Kingsoft Office, but rebranded a couple of years ago. It isn't a clone, though it looks enough like office 2007/10, that a user of those programs should be able to switch fairly easily. I like it.
Good to know, thanks. I've seen a few "Office replacements" which appear very dodgy IP wise so it's useful to know of a good one.
DoubleCommander as a replacement for Windows Explorer
As a recent changer from using WinXP, I missed that Windows Explorer would automatically display images in the image viewer in the same order you had them sorted in in Windows Explorer. So if you had for example the files in WinEx sorted by inverse size, then if you clicked on an image to see it in the image viewer, and then clicked the 'next' button within the image viewer, you would see the next smallest image, NOT NOT NOT the next image by alphabetical order of its file name which is what happens in Lunux. As a former art student I had used this a lot in WinXP.
I was really shocked when I found out the Linux did not do this, something I had previously taken for granted and had unthinkingly assumed was universal. It was like buying a new car and then discovering that the steering wheel did not work by design.
Another thing I missed was that the Windows file manager XYplorerFree would remember lists of recently used folders, so that you could choose them from menus rather than having to do lots of tedious and repetitive clicking.
But I have found that the Linux file manager DoubleCommander is capable of both the above, although only the internal file viewer (evoked by F3) does the former. Improvements I would like to suggest and communicate to the authors:
1) Make the F3 internal file viewer the default file viewer please.
2) The F3 internal viewer sometimes displays garbage instead of the image, although the same images display OK in other viewer. Why not use the code from gthumb instead, while keeping the functionality described above.
3) The selectable menu(s) of recent folders idea is great, please develop this feature.
If anyone can pass the above to the authors I would be grateful. I cannot be bothered to register somewhere to do that.
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Linux distribution: Mint 17.3. Desktop: Cinnamon. Although if and when I upgrade to Mint 18 I would chose Mate.
p.s. XYplorerfree does not work in Wine, otherwise I'd use it.
Jamison20000e has given you all the information you need, especially in the first link he listed.
However, board member 273 recently made a post worth repeating, IMHO.
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Linux is not Windows.
Oh, and Linux is not Windows.
You will find that Linux doesn't behave like Windows and one should not expect it to. The above posts give some ideas of how to do what you want to do using Linux. When trying to do something using Linux the best way to ask for or google a solution is "How to x on Linux" rather than simply expecting it to be a Windows clone, which it is not.
Apologies for repeating myself but it is important to think about these things in the right way.
Thanks for the link to the list of browsers. I have tried most or all of the browsers readily available in Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon and except for Double Commander's internal F3 image viewer, they either do not do it or do not work on my computer. Yes, I know Linux is not windows, but it would be nice if it could do the above.
But I have found that the Linux file manager DoubleCommander is capable of both the above, although only the internal file viewer (evoked by F3) does the former. Improvements I would like to suggest and communicate to the authors:
1) Make the F3 internal file viewer the default file viewer please.
2) The F3 internal viewer sometimes displays garbage instead of the image, although the same images display OK in other viewer. Why not use the code from gthumb instead, while keeping the functionality described above.
3) The selectable menu(s) of recent folders idea is great, please develop this feature.
If anyone can pass the above to the authors I would be grateful. I cannot be bothered to register somewhere to do that.
Thanks.
The Linux world may seem like a small tight-knit community, but the chances of anyone doing this for you are limited. If you can't be bothered taking the small step to register with the forum (http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/for...d891ce50fc933a) to suggest your changes, then frankly you should probably not bother with Linux at all, or at least you shouldn't complain if some Linux component doesn't appear to do what you want it to.
Try getting involved and contributing - you may be surprised by the results.
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To add to the quoted post of mine above -- sometimes one has to adapt to change. To put that into perspective every single boss I have had has given me some speach about how change is good. I bitched at least half a dozen time today about a new system which will cause my colleagues and me issues.
Howver, we've been trying to work around it and will continue to do so.
I wonder whether, for example, piping the output of searching for pictures, ordered however, to an image viewer may work?
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