Because Shiny Things Are Fun - The New New Windows v Linux Thread

lg blu-ray player/netflix streamer runs busybox.

i assume that most embedded devices (especially multimedia) run some sort of linux.

Originally Posted by schneidz lg blu-ray player/netflix streamer runs busybox. i assume that most embedded devices (especially multimedia) run some sort of linux.

Yeah, almost all of them do, and it's no surprise ... Gotta love the price, right?

I hate anything and everything associated with microsoft.

So today working on a huge spreadsheet in MS Excel. Selected three columns and did a search and replace and it does it within the three columns I've selected like I expected. Did another search and replace with the same three columns selected as before and it replaces across the entire spreadsheet. And of course the spreadsheet is huge to it took it several minutes to do so and it won't undo. Why is it you get different results from the exact same behavior.

I don't use MS-Exell. I've only used Open offfice, or LibreOffice for several years now, and have enjoyed it very much. BUT: I'm now using LibreOffice 3.5.7.2 in Mint13 Mate. In order to get a good search (let alone search and replace) I have to copy out to a plain text program (pluma, or gedit), , and then save it under the extension of *.txt, open it in Libre office Writer, painstakinly re-edit the whole Using tabs, search and replace, etc. and then print from there. I have an old HP Lazer 4050 series, which prints under all my other programs (including LibreOffice-Writer) but not in LibreOffice-Calc. Never had this trouble in Mint 11 with whatever that version of LibreOffice was.

I know there must be a way to set it right, but I don't know how, and haven't gotten much help from "google-my friend"! Also not real happy about some fo the default settings, such as that LibreOffice-Draw pops up every time I try to look at a PDF file. And it doesn't even give a very good veiw of the PDF.