Comments on: 3 Things You Can’t Do With Linux http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/ Web Development by Chovy Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:09:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: xurizaemon http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/#comment-135107 xurizaemon Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:29:29 +0000 http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/#comment-135107 yep, i use amarok or listen to manage my ipod, and it's totally sweet. (well, that's what i was using until i got a new macbook last month, now it's back to itunes for that.) k3b for dvds, yep, and dvdrip for ripping. usually i just burn via nautilus / gnome, but k3b is a good tool. all the banks in NZ websites work fine with regular browsers - i prefer pulling the data into mysql via their export, then working with the data in openoffice. ok, with the final part, i'm a bit of a geek like that (and rolled my own crude billing system five years ago that i keep meaning to update ... one day). neither quicken nor MYOB worked how i expected, and finance management is pretty easy math when it comes down to it. you could probably hack wordpress to do your accounts! i haven't needed ye olde windows since i ran win95. and i've been gladder and gladder with every new release since then :) thx for your comments on my SVN workaround, btw! yep, i use amarok or listen to manage my ipod, and it’s totally sweet. (well, that’s what i was using until i got a new macbook last month, now it’s back to itunes for that.)

k3b for dvds, yep, and dvdrip for ripping. usually i just burn via nautilus / gnome, but k3b is a good tool.

all the banks in NZ websites work fine with regular browsers - i prefer pulling the data into mysql via their export, then working with the data in openoffice.

ok, with the final part, i’m a bit of a geek like that (and rolled my own crude billing system five years ago that i keep meaning to update … one day). neither quicken nor MYOB worked how i expected, and finance management is pretty easy math when it comes down to it. you could probably hack wordpress to do your accounts!

i haven’t needed ye olde windows since i ran win95. and i’ve been gladder and gladder with every new release since then :)

thx for your comments on my SVN workaround, btw!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/#comment-6 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/#comment-6 cool. do u bleve in aliens cool. do u bleve in aliens

]]> By: chovy http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/#comment-7 chovy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/#comment-7 Do i believe in Aliens?<BR/><BR/>Sure, I think they exist :)( Do i believe in Aliens?

Sure, I think they exist :)(

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/#comment-8 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/#comment-8 U can do several of those things in linux too<BR/><BR/>burning CD/DVDs -- > k3b . <BR/>movie ripping -- > try dvd::rip . <BR/>ipod interface -- > gtkpod or amarok <BR/><BR/>banking software i am not sure, but i think there should be something out there. U can do several of those things in linux too

burning CD/DVDs — > k3b .
movie ripping — > try dvd::rip .
ipod interface — > gtkpod or amarok

banking software i am not sure, but i think there should be something out there.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/#comment-9 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/#comment-9 The iPod thing I can do on Linux, but GnuCash sucks (compared to quicken).<BR/><BR/>and dvdburning/shrinking isn't not good either. The iPod thing I can do on Linux, but GnuCash sucks (compared to quicken).

and dvdburning/shrinking isn’t not good either.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/#comment-10 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.chovy.com/personal/3-things-you-cant-do-with-linux/#comment-10 I don't know if u used k3b; i never had problems with it. In any case, Nero now has a linux dvd/cd burning software and u can use it if u have a valid windows serial number. i have converted DVD to divx files of 700 mb or so and thats worked fine for me too. I don’t know if u used k3b; i never had problems with it. In any case, Nero now has a linux dvd/cd burning software and u can use it if u have a valid windows serial number. i have converted DVD to divx files of 700 mb or so and thats worked fine for me too.

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