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 by alex on Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:05 pm
My dearly beloved has become a student again. Learning to be a teacher  So being the devout hubby I got her a lil Elonex lappy for uni. Its Linux based, ho hdd, its solid state think its 2gig. Has several usb ports. I'm wondering 2 things.... 1) for uni etc, how easy is open office to live and will it converse with MS? and will a USB drive help here? 2) Can I get MM and a usb GPS to talk through Linux?  well she wont be at uni at the weekends will she  Fronty no.4, pimp mobile Treg 3.2 LWB lifted 2.5"
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by yaki on Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:18 pm
alex wrote:My dearly beloved has become a student again. Learning to be a teacher So being the devout hubby I got her a lil Elonex lappy for uni. Its Linux based, ho hdd, its solid state think its 2gig. Has several usb ports. I'm wondering 2 things.... 1) for uni etc, how easy is open office to live and will it converse with MS? and will a USB drive help here?
Open Office is pretty good, if its just Microsoft Word files it needs to deal with it should be fine. It might have minor compatibility issues with the latest Office version but shouldn't be a show stopper as they usually catch up quite quick. We did a pilot in work with Open Office and the only show stopper for us was the huge number of 3rd party apps that 'need' MS Office and its VBA support which is missing in Open Office but this is not something you need to worry about for general 'Office' tasks. alex wrote:2) Can I get MM and a usb GPS to talk through Linux? well she wont be at uni at the weekends will she
Er, Computer say No  MM doesn't work on Linux, GPS might, lots of Linux forums out there that help on this stuff so worthwhile searching these for compatible GPS devices Soon to be without a Frontera after 10 years of owning one 
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by drinksoptional on Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:22 pm
My college has a remote connection that allows us to connect to the college server anytime provided we have an internet connection so we can access any programs like MS word etc i was doing a science and tech course and was constanlty writing labs and report but i have an old version of word so used college one and finished it at home, by connecting to server
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by yaki on Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:25 pm
drinksoptional wrote:My college has a remote connection that allows us to connect to the college server anytime provided we have an internet connection
SWMBO does as well, can access her College emails, shared and personal files etc from anywhere she can get an internet connection  Soon to be without a Frontera after 10 years of owning one
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by alex on Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:30 pm
 Cool, its got wifi etc. Fronty no.4, pimp mobile Treg 3.2 LWB lifted 2.5"
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by Alchamist on Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:01 pm
Open office - no problems for the work she'll be doing
Yes, MM will run on Linux, but not straight install as per windows, and I don't think the netbook will have Wine (windows emulator) on it.
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by alex on Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:07 pm
Unlikely, will play when I get a mo.
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by yaki on Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:06 pm
Alchamist wrote:Open office - no problems for the work she'll be doing
Yes, MM will run on Linux, but not straight install as per windows, and I don't think the netbook will have Wine (windows emulator) on it.
Was gonna mention Wine but wasn't sure if you could squeeze it on the drive  Soon to be without a Frontera after 10 years of owning one
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by priestinthejeep on Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:22 pm
my dad is think of getting 1 whats your ratinigs out of 10
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by alex on Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:12 pm
The Mrs loves it.
It wont run too much, the website warns that its not got a strong vid card. If your gonna buy one go to a computer fair, wouldnt pay £100 for one. Ideal for the Mrs as she can use it to type notes up and it is truely portable, unlike most lappies these days.
Phil, she does have an sd slot, so I'm going to shove a big card in.
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Flipped ball joints,
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Modified front bump stops,
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