[hllug] Re: digiKam
- From: paul <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hllug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:25:43 -0600
Don Crowder said the following on 12/14/2007 2:33 PM:
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I've got my new XP machine tweaked, tuned and ready to use but I've only
bothered to turn it on a few times, usually just to grab an email address or
phone number. I'm using Etch pretty much full time and actually feel a
little annoyed when I have to turn on the Windows machine.
Lisa's XP Home needs reinstalling but we don't have a CD so I'm going to get
price quotes from all three of the shops in Kingsland. Meanwhile she's
preparing to change over to Linux as her primary OS. I've installed
PCLinuxOS (her favorite Linux OS) on the machine and, once the ezine is put
to bed, I'll get her email configured. We've figured out how to export her
browser favorites and, with a bit of futzing around, how to export OE's
address book as a comma delimited text file which, with some minor tweaking,
can be reconfigured into something Kmail can use.
Transferring browser favs are simple if using Firefox. Getting the
address book out of OE might take a "import" with Thunderbird. I've
never had any luck with exported comma delimited files.
What kind of 'puter? I have the "restore disks" for eMachine (and
perhaps Gateway).
The new box... well. It has a DVD drive. That seems to work, works for
CDs anyway. The CDRW doesn't seem to work. Annoying is putting it
mildly. Sure, XP sees the drive but the drive doesn't see any discs. :(
No matter, the box is going to replace a 486/100. But with much more
disk space, etc. And, if I can figure it out and if Ubuntu will work,
dual boot XP and Ubuntu... And running SlimServer.
Real Soon.
paul
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