linux: little bit disapointing...

[Olaf Olson]

Marc,

We now know about you, but we also know we can't troubleshoot you. What 
we don't know is what computer you have, cpu, etc, what keyboard, 
whether you have a keyboard that is localized for your particular region 
or have a keyboard from elsewhere that is supposed to be emulating.

We also don't know if you're familiar with the middle mouse button click 
that is standard on all *NIX, that pastes from a text window like a 
shell to another window (highlight in first window, move cursor to 
another window and click middle mouse button. No copy step required, 
just implied paste. It works that way here, it should also work that way 
for you, assuming you have a three button mouse.

I haven't heard of a flash plugin, as yet. If you mean who is going to 
write one, or who is going to compile it from source, point to the 
source and someone here will compile it, I am sure!

I'm not a hacker, just a hack. MOL worked the first time I tired it, 
after following directions, of course. I have since upgraded it, updated 
the YDL kernel, installed both on an old 8500 (OS9, there. Haven't tried 
the patch from OtherWorld Computing to stretch it to OSX). I only 
mention this so you won't lose hope.

Linux on a Mac is serious stuff. It could be better, but it could also 
be a lot worse!

Olaf

Marc wrote:

>
> at first, can't find @ char,the pipe char (alt-l on os x)
>  the braces (thats why I can't type them ;-(  )
> (I choose be-latin, but with french kb, the @ and # are at the right 
> place,
> but still no braces or pipe char...)
>
> Then I can't copy columns from one spreadsheet to another...
>
> How's that possible??
>
> I saw PCs sold with a 7CD distro Mandrake.... (@saturn.fr)
>
> They don't know these things because they never used decent progs??
> (of course, the keyboard will work , but who wants an os where you can't
> paste from eg vi/shell to openoffice???)
>
> Which user is going to compile the flash plugins??
> (don't find the pack with flash(player))
>
> And if you need to be a hacker to get mol working...
>
> Been working with mac since 1985, CDC 1985, unix 1993.
>
> Marc
>
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