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From: the wharf rat on 16 Dec 2009 16:06 In article <hgb4mi$imk$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >Windows. Although it is hard to find updated applications or >applications in general for KDE. For example, I haven't seen anything >newer than Firefox 2.0 yet for it. Although I haven't checked in a few >months. Firefox isn't dependent on KDE. You should be able to run the current 3.0.8 just fine.
From: BillW50 on 16 Dec 2009 16:08 In news:gohii5t4im642sahlvp9fp0n1car9pl7f8(a)4ax.com, AJL typed on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:48:28 -0700: > ak621(a)chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) wrote: > >> *** I would think that people would tend to go for a handheld as >> opposed to a smaller-screened netbook. > > Except for the mobile sites it gets tiresome scrolling on the tiny > screen of a PDA. On the other hand it's hard to fit a netbook in your > front pants pocket... ;) Carrying a netbook is no worse than carrying a small book. It sure beats carrying around a laptop. And it takes up barely more room than my Palm IIIc with its folding keyboard. Plus it is tons more useful and has a far better keyboard to boot. And no stylist to use or lose either. -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Windows XP SP2
From: BillW50 on 16 Dec 2009 16:52 the wharf rat wrote: > In article <hgb4mi$imk$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >> Windows. Although it is hard to find updated applications or >> applications in general for KDE. For example, I haven't seen anything >> newer than Firefox 2.0 yet for it. Although I haven't checked in a few >> months. > > Firefox isn't dependent on KDE. You should be able to run the > current 3.0.8 just fine. Asus Xandros repository doesn't list any updates to Firefox 2.0.0.7 ('07 era). And this Thunderbird is 2.0.0.6 (also '07 era) and no updates for that either. I was just playing a WMA file under Linux and opened up the Add/Remove utility and then the Music Manager player locked up. Killed the process and now it says that file is gone from my flash disk. Why people put up with Linux with the amateurish applications is beyond my comprehension. -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Xandros Linux (build 2007-10-19 13:03)
From: AJL on 16 Dec 2009 21:00 "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >In news:gohii5t4im642sahlvp9fp0n1car9pl7f8(a)4ax.com, >AJL typed on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:48:28 -0700: >> ak621(a)chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) wrote: >> >>> *** I would think that people would tend to go for a handheld as >>> opposed to a smaller-screened netbook. >> >> Except for the mobile sites it gets tiresome scrolling on the tiny >> screen of a PDA. On the other hand it's hard to fit a netbook in your >> front pants pocket... ;) > >Carrying a netbook is no worse than carrying a small book. A small book won't fit in my front pants pocket. And my PDA is almost 2 pounds lighter than my netbook, so no saggy pocket either... >It sure beats carrying around a laptop. A netbook beats carrying around a laptop if that's all you need. A PDA (or smartphone) beats carrying around a netbook if that's all you need when out and about. >And it takes up barely more room than my Palm >IIIc with its folding keyboard. Your Palm IIIc is quite obsolete (no wireless, no expansion card, no mp3, no BT, slow OS, minuscule memory, ect ect) If that's the only PDA you have perhaps the netbook is a better choice to carry. >Plus it is tons more useful and has a far better keyboard... In the last post I tried to point out (with some humor apparently lost) that PDAs and netbooks are different devices with different purposes. Preference of one over the other would depend on what the buyer needed or wanted. In my case I went for several of each... ;)
From: the wharf rat on 17 Dec 2009 09:05
In article <hgbkqk$gg0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >Asus Xandros repository doesn't list any updates to Firefox 2.0.0.7 ('07 >era). And this Thunderbird is 2.0.0.6 (also '07 era) and no updates for >that either. Just install it from mozilla.com. |