> 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 <michael@butash.net> 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 <Harold.Wong@microsoft.com
>>> <mailto:Harold.Wong@microsoft.**com <Harold.Wong@microsoft.com>>> 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.____
>>>
>>> __ __
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>>>
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>>> Evangelism - West Region
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>>> >
>>>
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>>> Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2007 / 2010 | VCP5____
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>>> Not to be fatalistic, but you're probably going to have a hard time
>>> finding a university that isn't very MS-happy.____
>>>
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>>>
>>> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> 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 <cryptworks@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>> 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 <cryptworks@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> 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~(-:
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