virtual machine! why didn't I think of that. What are the minimum memory requirements for 7. (I don't have XP but I do have 7) :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > Just FYI, consulting and being aatround random shops with customer and > vendor docs, I find a lot of the .pptx, docx, or xlsx files are spotty at > best what works under linux, what works sanely (complex forumlas==poop), > and what just crashes openoffice. Libreoffice is almost useless with the > new formats, as the dev's don't feel they need to support microsoft's > continued forced incompatibility with everyone else on purpose (can't blame > them either). Obviously M$ doesn't care, as most people just keep buying > office when microsoft tells them to every few years to stay "compatible" > with their own poop. > > I keep an xp vm in virtualbox for this reason at all times, generally with > real office (well, as real as usenet gets for clean slipstream install > images), just to make sure if I *have* to resort to exporting from it to > something I can use (2000-03 compat office formats). Seamless mode under > linux i found finally works decently, reduces the sting of using windows > significantly and hides it to keep my linux desktop cred. ;) > > Likewise creating complex formatted docs are horribly incompatible usually > under real m$office from libre/openoffice, so export as pdf is your friend > when passing back and forth to windoze users. > > Really sucks it has to be this way - thanks microsoft. > > -mb > > > > On 08/08/2012 11:28 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> Its cool.... I was surprised they specified an OS as well. but the >> university of Minnesota seems more willing to work with me. This is what >> they said (in part): >> >> Firefox or Chrome for Linux should work fine for Moodle. Open Office for >> Linux saves as Word and in other MS compatible formats. We also have >> Google Docs as a University implementation so you can use those online >> apps. >> >> As long as you can view the following types of files you should be able >> to access most anything in the courses: >> >> * Video >> o .mp4, .wmv, Flash (flv or swf), >> * Word Processing >> o .docx, .doc (may require a document viewer for .docx) >> * PowerPoint >> o .pptx, .ppt (may require a document viewer for .pptx) >> * PDF >> * Excel >> o occasionally .xlst, .xls >> * Web browser (Chrome or Firefox may be the best choices, you are >> >> welcome to try others) >> >> As Mark mentions, the only course we have that is geared specifically to >> a Microsoft product is Spreadsheets (CA 1020) but if you want to take >> that course and can accomplish the tasks without the Windows based >> interface tutorials and save the files as .xls, we'll get you into the >> section (different instructors) where you will not be required to use MS >> Office. >> SO I think I'll be paying them for my degree! >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Harold Wong > >> wrote: >> >> I’m surprised that the online school is requiring you to run a >> specific OS. With that said, if you really need Windows 7 for >> school and want to continue to use Linux as your main OS, I would >> recommend virtualizing it as that would be much simpler.____ >> >> __ __ >> >> >> Harold Wong >> Chief Technical Evangelist – Private Cloud | US Developer & Platform >> Evangelism - West Region >> Office: (425) 706-3501 | Blog: >> blogs.technet.com/haroldwong >> > >> >> MCITP Server Administrator | MCITP Enterprise Administrator | MCITP >> Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2007 / 2010 | VCP5____ >> >> __ __ >> >> *From:*plug-discuss-bounces@**lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> >> > >> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@**lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> >] >> *On Behalf >> Of *Adam McCullough >> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 08, 2012 11:03 AM >> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list >> *Subject:* Re: ot Online school____ >> >> __ __ >> >> >> Not to be fatalistic, but you're probably going to have a hard time >> finding a university that isn't very MS-happy.____ >> >> __ __ >> >> >> Installing on an external hard drive is problematic at best. I'm >> pretty sure Windows protects against that. Licensing/piracy >> reasons.____ >> >> >> On 8 August 2012 10:56, Michael Havens > > wrote:____ >> >> >> they want $305/credit hour. Is that the going rate for a University >> now a days? I think I'm going to go with a school that isn't so in >> bed with MS. UMN is not in bed with em.____ >> >> >> or else.... coulde I out it on an external HD? >> :-)~MIKE~(-:____ >> >> >> >> ____ >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Stephen > > wrote:____ >> >> >> the pert i left out is if you install windows to the drive that has >> Linux on it. even if you re-size the drives to make space it will >> overwrite grub, and you will need to re-install and reconfigure it. >> alternative install win7 in KVM or virtualbox.____ >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Stephen > > wrote: >> > well personally if you can just install to a new drive then you can >> > have it pristine and configure grub... >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Michael Havens > > wrote: >> >> I need to put 7 back on my computer for school. How do you do >> it w/o >> >> blowing everything else away (ie on another partition). I also >> need to >> >> repartition. How big does it need to be for 7? >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >> PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >> >> > >> >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you >> from >> > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze >> button. >> > >> > Stephen >> >> >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >> >> > >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss____ >> >> __ __ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >> >> > >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss____ >> >> __ __ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >> >> > >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >> > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >