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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT ausreg.com>]

Hi Christof,

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:36:16 
Christof Lange <cce.zizkov AT volny.cz> wrote:

> >> Users with PII desktops (and above) should really be
> >> using BL2, not BL3.
> >
> >   I would agree with that.  :)
> >
> >   My main Linux distro started as BL2,   ...... and just grew !   :)
> >It's just that this group doesn't seem to be developing stuff for BL2
> >any more.    :(
> 
> Ron, 
> 
> I keep using BL2 from time to time, too. For real work, however, 
> I have returned to DOS meanwhile.

   I do almost all of my business in DOS, and a fair proportion of my 
fun-time.
But I am slowly drifting towards Linux, even so.

> There are a few things, I cannot
> do in DOS, so I need some complementary operating systems: 
> 
> - music notation (Windows98)

   I currently do musical notation in Win3.1, but Rosegarden in BL2 
(enhanced) will be the application for the future.

> - printing MS-Excel files (Windows98)

  In BL2, I use siag or OpenOffice.

> - edit graphic files with international fonts (Windows98)

   I suspect Gimp would handle that, but it is not something that I have ever 
done.

> - CD burning and browsing (Linux 2.4 + cdrtools)

   I use Slackware 9.1 for cd burning.  I can browse most cds with DOS or BL2.

> - difficult web pages (Linux 2.2 + Firebird)

   Depends on how difficult the webpages are. DOS (Arachne), BL2 
(Phoenix/Opera/Netscape), SW9/10 (Firefox), other Linux distros.
> 
> I will probably continue posting minimalized software/script packages 
> related to the tasks mentioned. And they may be regarded as BL2 
> add-ons. The last one, usbtools.tgz was actually not my, but Sindi's 
> work. I will not post packets which I do not use myself, because they 
> will be only full of bugs and of no use for anybody. 

    Do you have a URL where your scripts can be found ?

> 
> Perhaps it could be pointed more clearly on the BL website that BL2
> is not an outdated obsolete version, but rather a different hardware
> option.

   I would agree with that.  For me, BL2 is my Linux of choice.  Much 
tweaked, of course, but still BL2.

Regards,
        Ron


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