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2008-01-17
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Originally Posted by heron61
I can't answer #1 because I don't use Windows at all. However, I can answer 2 & 3.
I'm both impressed and excited by KDE, and it's pretty much decided me in favor of buying an n810 rather than waiting for one of the various MIDs that will hopefully be released in the next 6 months or so.
I have several questions:
1) Can Kontacts sync with a Windows PC running XP? How difficult is it to accomplish this feat?
2) Can KWord read .rtf files and can it save to .rtf
3) How difficult or lengthy is it to switch between KDE and meamo apps like Canola or the web browser?
#2 Kword will read/write to rtf, odt (OpenOffice =OOo), html, and even some .doc (MS word text only no images). I use OOo at home (as should everybody
) and KWord will open anything from OOo that I throw at it including spreadsheets and presentations. KSpread doesn't seem to like .xls or .ppt but I can open those in OOo and save them to OOo formats and then open them with KOffice apps (I know it's not perfect but it works).#3 - It takes about a minute to start up KDE or logout of KDE. However, there really is little need to do so. Konquerer is a better browser than Microb IMHO (it does tabbed browsing but lacks Adobe Flash). And you can set up a desktop link for Canola to launch from the KDE desktop. I also launch FBReader, SDictViewer, XMMS (I've switched to it from Canola because I wanted an EQ), EggTimer from KDE desktop. Other than to install XMMS, I haven't used Maemo in a couple of weeks - there might be a way to add repository information to KPackage (the KDE Application Manager) but I haven't taken the time to figure it out yet.
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When you wish upon a star, your dreams really can come true... Unless it's an asteroid hurtling towards earth that will destroy all life.
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2008-01-17
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#23
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Originally Posted by mardibloke
a) I see no reason not to have it installed
b) Sure yes, opens up so many possible applications
hmm i was under the impression that installing KDE is like installing a new OS. Meaning that once installed you cannot go back to the new OS without a new install. Is KDE installed like a program that can be ran? If so i dont see a reason not to install it either.
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2008-01-17
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What I'm afraid of is setting the whole thing up. This stuff, I'll admit, is not a forte of mine.
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2008-01-17
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Originally Posted by keypox
KDE is an interface like hildon or gnome for Linux. Or Explorer for Windows, Aqua for OSX. So yes it's kinda like a program, but it's an interface program (can't think of a better way to explain it lol).
hmm i was under the impression that installing KDE is like installing a new OS. Meaning that once installed you cannot go back to the new OS without a new install. Is KDE installed like a program that can be ran? If so i dont see a reason not to install it either.
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Originally Posted by ysss
They're maemo and MeeGo...
"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...
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2008-01-17
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The DE stands for Desktop Environment.
Running KDE on your n800 is basically like running windows xp on it. KDE does everything windows xp can do and more.
Linux has many layers, and KDE is just the stuff at the very top. Windows on the other hand is all squished together, and you can't separate any of the parts out. KDE does not need any drivers or anything like that, all that is handled by the software that comes with the tablet.
This is one of the great advantages of open source. In theory, you could just take the top layers of windows and put them on the n800, but MS wont let you. The only way you can get XP on here is if you install the whole thing, which is also impossible since there aren't any drivers for it. The KDE developers had never even tested KDE on a tablet like this when they were developing it, but since everything in opensource is interchangeable it works perfectly.
Last edited by drizek; 2008-01-17 at 05:08.
Running KDE on your n800 is basically like running windows xp on it. KDE does everything windows xp can do and more.
Linux has many layers, and KDE is just the stuff at the very top. Windows on the other hand is all squished together, and you can't separate any of the parts out. KDE does not need any drivers or anything like that, all that is handled by the software that comes with the tablet.
This is one of the great advantages of open source. In theory, you could just take the top layers of windows and put them on the n800, but MS wont let you. The only way you can get XP on here is if you install the whole thing, which is also impossible since there aren't any drivers for it. The KDE developers had never even tested KDE on a tablet like this when they were developing it, but since everything in opensource is interchangeable it works perfectly.
Last edited by drizek; 2008-01-17 at 05:08.
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2008-01-17
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man
Or Windows for DOS..... whoa... I must be getting old.
KDE is an interface like hildon or gnome for Linux. Or Explorer for Windows, Aqua for OSX. So yes it's kinda like a program, but it's an interface program (can't think of a better way to explain it lol).
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2008-01-17
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or the OS/2 Warp look for Windows 3.1
/showing my age too
/showing my age too
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2008-01-17
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Originally Posted by FGol
Haha I remember that. Shame the command line in Windows isn't the same anymore.
Or Windows for DOS..... whoa... I must be getting old.
Anyway I have to get around to doing this.. just gotta find a big enough SD card with enough free space. >.<
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Originally Posted by ysss
They're maemo and MeeGo...
"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...
The power switch doesn't shut down a Palm.
Our trusty old Palms were never off, unless the batteries were dead.
We're never going to get to quite the same place,
because the Palm ran a very specialized OS.
But I'm hoping we'll get to someplace functional.