Windows comotose, Linux and Outlook alive & well
I got a call today from a coworker, "could you look up [...]" Oh, sure. So I double-click on the document.
"Yeah, hang on a sec... it's loading."
"Still here, yes, still loading."
"Ah. There we go."
"No,... wait... I see the first page, but it's still loading."
"Yes, still here, still loading."
"How about I call you back?"
How embarrassing! Well, once a year, I usually have to reformat the drive of any Windows-based computer. It's been two years on this particular Windows 2000 machine, so the registry is probably so clogged with obsolete and conflicting entries at this point that there's no other option. ...but there's a lot on that computer. I better not risk forgetting to back something up. Hmmm... what a dilemma.
Well, I do have this other computer I've been meaning to load with SuSE Office Desktop. That's supposed to run Office programs.
...and it does. Very well, actually. A little slower than native Windows, but not much. ...and it's not an Outlook imitation, it really is Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, etc. running in Linux.
I thought that would free me from the Windows world at last. ...but, eh... slight problem. The SAP payroll & benefits system is only available for Windows, and the same goes for my PDA hotsync conduits.
But I'm most of the way there. Anyone know how to make Chapura Pocketmirror work with Linux?
"Yeah, hang on a sec... it's loading."
"Still here, yes, still loading."
"Ah. There we go."
"No,... wait... I see the first page, but it's still loading."
"Yes, still here, still loading."
"How about I call you back?"
How embarrassing! Well, once a year, I usually have to reformat the drive of any Windows-based computer. It's been two years on this particular Windows 2000 machine, so the registry is probably so clogged with obsolete and conflicting entries at this point that there's no other option. ...but there's a lot on that computer. I better not risk forgetting to back something up. Hmmm... what a dilemma.
Well, I do have this other computer I've been meaning to load with SuSE Office Desktop. That's supposed to run Office programs.
...and it does. Very well, actually. A little slower than native Windows, but not much. ...and it's not an Outlook imitation, it really is Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, etc. running in Linux.
I thought that would free me from the Windows world at last. ...but, eh... slight problem. The SAP payroll & benefits system is only available for Windows, and the same goes for my PDA hotsync conduits.
But I'm most of the way there. Anyone know how to make Chapura Pocketmirror work with Linux?
