@kevinmchapman. The discussion here reflects the very significant number of users who really do like the traditional menu system and who wish to...
Er, no... It is an efficient means of finding the application/file/setting you need in one place. The icons are a simply a fallback for when you...
Isn't the provision of a text based search an admission by the developers that the mass of icons approach does not work? I don't need to use a...
"Unity and GNOME 3 both abandon the old text-based cascading menus in favour of a graphical icon-driven system."
Point truly missed. Both use a...
whs001 - Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article.
I absolutely agree with you on your first point. I should perhaps have made it clearer that...
If we allow corporate interest to dictate the way our government circumvents due process against foreign entities then we should accept the same...
I totally dislike pirating of works, I fear that artists will be deterred from creating works if they think that they are going to get ripped off....
How dare film makers, artists or anybody that invests in creativity stop us pirating their works for free. I want to be able to walk into my local...
@GrueMaster. I prefer horses for courses rather than one size fits all. I, and I suspect most other computer users, do not really wish to have...
The product that scares me every time I have to use it is the Office 2007 version of Excel.
The first bug that I found was applying the median...
Nice review and very informative. One thing I'd like to add (in reply to whs001's 1st question), the main reason to have the same interface from...
I'be been using Mint 12 since the RC came out, and I am far more happy with the Cinnamon, the Mate, and, yes (with extensions), theGnome 3...
Excellent article. One small correction, though--although a fresh installation of Linux Mint 12 will, indeed, provide the user with a version of...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
For Gnome 2 die-hards, it is possible to add icons to the bottom panel (or top top panel, if you prefer) which provide the exact Gnome 2...
Your comments would seem pretty naive and immature. Your 'solution' appears to be, "gee, let's all just give in to the hackers and give them...
"Interesting thought ... If you installed Win7 as a dual boot on a machine that previously only had Linux, and it wrecked your Linux installation,...
This is an excellent summary of Ubuntu and Mint and the interface differences between them. Most such articles take a very partisan position for...
@ewallace. Not so clear. Anyone can obtain the text, for example from here http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/2379.
I support ACTA so long as it and...
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Hi
Installing John Deere Office into my desktop PC (win 98se) the licence terms state that the jdoffice software shall only be run on a Microsoft platform. ----- How will that be possible in an interoperability layer like Wine.
John Deere Office is an important part of Greenstar farming system.
The license it self appears to be very restricive in attempting to control where it is run.
Is that legal in most countries?
Has anyone even read the licence terms before agreeing to them?
How far would Shell Oil co get it it would only let us use their fuel in a Ford?
Have you talked to John Deere Office about what that means exactly? ... "shall only be run on" can mean "can" (i.e., it is only able to be run on) as well as the more restrictive meaning you are asking about.
It may be that they are concerned that you don't try to decompile the program in order to get it to work on a different platform. Another possibility is that they offer some kind of technical support and those support folks are only familiar with Windows systems. So if you use it on another platform and have troubles getting it to work, they won't guarantee they can help you.
However, rather than conjecture, it would be a good idea to find out exactly what it is they mean by that by asking them.
There is a legal issue concerning the fact that most proprietary software won't let you read the terms of the license until it is too late to refuse them (i.e., you must open the shrink wrap first). It is unfortunate, therefore, that a lot of people don't bother to read the terms under which they're supposed to use a product.
With regard to Linux, Lycoris is an excellent distribution for the rank newbie, but if you're already comfortable with computers, you may find it too restrictive in terms of what you can do.
Distributions like SuSE and Mandrake combine lots of user-friendly tools for folks new to Linux with the full flexibility and ease of use that comes with time and experience in using Linux. So you get a lot of hand-holding while you're still inexperienced with the full ability to use Linux as an expert when you finally become one.
This is just to let you know that there are differences in how Linux distributions are set up. You are in the best position to know what it is you're looking for and what it is you need from your operating system.
The CodeWeavers product is sold separately and can be installed on any Linux system. It is an excellent product and they provide technical support with it.