Re: Full replacement of MS

From: Alex Malinovich (demonbane_at_the-love-shack.net)
Date: 11/30/04

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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:51:42 -0600

    On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 22:21 -0500, Christian Convey wrote:
    --snip--
    > The only other things I really care about working under Linux are:
    > - Quicken, which sufficiently well under Wine that I have no complaints, and

    There are a few different alternatives in Linux. Personally, I use
    gnucash and I love it, but if you're not familiar with double-entry
    accounting it can be hard to get used to. (Though if you're actually
    serious about tracking your finances you REALLY should learn
    double-entry anyway.)

    > - Syncing with my digital camera, which most people are successful at
    > under Linux with Linux's own digital camera apps. (I'm having trouble in
    > Debian, but it worked well under Fedora IIRC)

    This shouldn't be a problem unless you have a camera which uses some
    sort of proprietary communication protocol. Most cameras nowadays will
    just show up as a regular removable SCSI device.

    > - Syncing with my Neuros digital audio player. It's got a native Linux
    > app called Positron which isn't nearly as good as Neuros' Windows app,
    > but apparently it can get the job done.

    Have you tried NDBM? (neurosdbm.sf.net) It's a Java sync manager that
    even a lot of Windows users prefer over NSM. I'm a developer on it and I
    strictly use Debian so I can assure you it works and will keep
    working. :)

    There's also Sorune (www.sorune.tk), a Perl-based manager using Tk. I've
    never used it but it has made a few waves in the Neuros community.

    I looked at Positron a few times, but it really hasn't been maintained
    all that well as time has gone by. And it's CLI-only which can make it a
    bit of a hassle at times. 

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