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To: ChinaThreat

What do you think about PCLINUXOS? It is the codec issue that i find troublesome. As for Windows, it actually can be made more user friendly than it is. For instance, I use AutoHotKey which enables me to write scripts to launch individual or multiple applications at once, or access Windows components. Window key and F1 launches my 2 main Bible programs, and Thunderbird, OpenOffice. and Firefox. I could put them in the Start up folder but this is better. Windows key and U launches the Uninstall programs (appwiz.cpl) while many more such can be done with the Run command (who knows about running dxdiag ?)

What Linux needs is a better Control Center.


26 posted on 07/06/2010 8:59:05 AM PDT by daniel1212 ("Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out " (Acts 3:19))
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To: daniel1212

I haven’t tried the PCLINUXOS yet. But you have provoked my interest :-) Did you know there is an open source project that allows you to run windows programs on “ix” OS. I guess its just a shell of some sort.

I’ve never tried it as im pretty busy guy, but here is a link if you care to try it out.

http://www.winehq.org/

There is also an opensource Windows rip-off (xp/2003). Same story, haven’t tried it yet but here is some info.

http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html


44 posted on 07/06/2010 10:50:40 AM PDT by ChinaThreat (3)
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To: daniel1212

I use Windows 7 64-bit and I’m wondering if AutoHotkey will work without any problems. Could you or anyone tell me?


76 posted on 07/07/2010 5:59:32 PM PDT by killermosquito (Buffalo (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
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