From: Mark Warner on 8 Feb 2010 23:38 »Q« wrote: > > Even the some of the more sluggardly hardware vendors are coming around. > <http://www.magicjack.com/5/faq/> was one you were concerned about, no? <q> Your Question Will magicJack work with Linux? Answer Not yet. We expect to offer Linux support the first quarter of 2010. </q> -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ...lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Bear Bottoms on 9 Feb 2010 03:36 Mark Warner <markwarner1954.inhibitions(a)att.net> wrote in news:7tc76eF9q3U1(a)mid.individual.net: >�Q� wrote: >> >> Even the some of the more sluggardly hardware vendors are coming around > . >> <http://www.magicjack.com/5/faq/> was one you were concerned about, no? > > > <q> > Your Question > > Will magicJack work with Linux? > > Answer > > Not yet. > > We expect to offer Linux support the first quarter of 2010. > </q> > Off topic. Windows is the only freeware. You obviously think I have no clue, so leave it to others. -- Bear Bottoms Freeware website: http://bearware.com
From: Olivier on 9 Feb 2010 17:30 Mark Warner wrote: > Bear Bottoms wrote: >> <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote: >>> Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Sabayon is a nice distro. If I were going to list Linux programs, it >>>> would be one of the ones I would list as I did. >>> >>> What do you find so nice about it? >> >> It's pretty. > > Is that from actually installing it, or are you just going by the > screenshots? > lol
From: Spamblk on 12 Feb 2010 05:08 =?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?= <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote in news:20100208221346.6d78297c(a)bellgrove.remarqs.net: <SNIP...> > I find Windows� users unhappy about a lot of things with it, but inertia > and other factors keep them from really giving something else a try. > There are good, free alternatives to check out if anyone's so > inclined. I'm much happier using the system that I now have than I > ever was when using Windows�. I am happy enough with linux; for me to use the latest Microsoft Windows I would have to purchase/upgrade new hardware as well as the software. That said the fact I also rely on WINE is indicative of the the success of Windows which IMHO can't be denied.
From: Gordon Darling on 12 Feb 2010 06:17
On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:20:50 +0000, Bear Bottoms wrote: > Spamblk <ZapSpam(a)SpamMeNot.invalid> wrote in > news:hl39af$g35$3(a)news.albasani.net: > >> =?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?= <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote in >> news:20100208221346.6d78297c(a)bellgrove.remarqs.net: <snip> > Wine is a software stealing program. > > If Linux wants to develop a software stealing program like Wine, to run > another operating systems software, they should inform users that it is > potentially stealing and they should check the requirements from the > developer. I would think Linux would be best served using software that > was developed for Linux, not steal software from other operating > systems. What complete and utter bollocks -- ox·y·mo·ron n. pl. ox·y·mo·ra or ox·y·mo·rons A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in Microsoft Security, Microsoft Help and Microsoft Works. |