ugh! troubleshooting? I have done enough of that over the years trying to get programs to compile. what I hate is sloppy coding (which is responsible for most breakages in compiles). I have also troubleshooted enough to know that I am not a coder. I have to look up a lot of stuff, and when you have ears and fingers only to read with, that gets old in a very big hurry). btw, try learning computer raille. It's rules are a lot different from standard literary Braille. I have to keep those in mind a lot when reading code or formulas. Its the same for keystrokes between screen readers (for instance, jaws and voiceover). only problem is, braille is a hell of a lot more complicated than some keystrokes. -eric On Aug 24, 2016, at 9:29 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 20:22:09 -0700 > Eric Oyen wrote: > >> who was screaming that the post was irrelevant? I certainly wasn't. :) >> >> At the end of the day, Linux still needs a lot of work to be >> considered to be a viable desktop production environment. >> >> can you get quicken for linux? what about Peachtree? How about a full >> office suite that can do the same things that MS office can do? what >> about some of the other mainstream office and production apps? are >> there many equivalents or direct replacements? THis is the primary >> problem I have seen with linux over the years. great OS support, but >> lousy where it counts. > > So I assume you're here only for the server aspects of Linux. > > Anyway, a lot of small businesses don't require the use of Peachtree or > Quicken. Heck, I go to the accountant every year and make it his > problem. I can track book sales in a simple database. Some things I > track in Gnumeric: You'd be surprised how you can write Python programs > to make info in Gnumeric spreadsheets come alive. > > Office suites? Libre's good enough to write a business letter, and if > you're writing anything longer, neither Libre nor MSWord nor anything > of that classification is what you need. I can tell you that first > hand: I write and sell books. I happen to use LyX, but I think there > are better tools and will soon switch (or perhaps make my own tool). > > I can see where people who can't write a Python program or use a few > power-user tricks wouldn't be able to do business activities on a Linux > desktop, but who here fits that description? > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > August 2016 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical Troubleshooting > Brand new, second edition > http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss