[SC.LUG] Farewell

[Mark Walker]

Maybe this will be the last post.

Neil, If you are not going to put Linux on the ibook then you can get 
right clicking by holding the control key and clicking the mouse, which 
is a bit awkward.  Alternatively use a Mac compatible 3 button scroll 
mouse - I have a logitech one which cost £9.99 and it works fine.  If 
it is a new ibook it should have Panther (Mac OSX 10.3) and iPhoto.  To 
preview an individual graphic in FInder go to View Column ([Apple Key] 
3).  The 2nd or 3rd column will then show a preview.  To get a review 
of all graphics go to View View Options and click Show Icon Preview.  
Alternatively, load Mandrake PPC Linux 9 (isos available for free 
download) onto the ibook or Darwin (Apple's open source spin on BSD 4) 
and the KDE port for that.  I have Mandrake and KDE running on my 
seldom switched on Bondi iMac.  Currently there is no KDE port for 
MacOSX.

PS, I always preferred Icewm to KDE bloat (maybe that is why I changed 
so readily to MacOSX) I disliked KDE because of the initial loading 
time and the time drag when Konquereor previewed a folder of several 
hundred pix.  This was not just a prob on the 128mb memory iMac, but 
also on my old 750Mb memory Athlon.

Sorry if this seems like a proprietary troll.  Maybe one day my 
curiosity will get the better of me and I will want to see how fast 
GNU/Linux KDE would run on a 1Ghz Emac (my guess about 2.5-3 times the 
speed of my old Athlon 750Mhz) on the basis of the difference in iTune 
ripping times (Athlon 3.75x; eMac 9.0x).  That is if it will work at 
all, Apple claim that the eMac won't natively run anything other than 
OSX.

Best wishes for the continuing Linux revolution, I'm still cheering 
from the sidelines.

Mark Walker
On 21 Apr 2004, at 20:33, Neil Lucock wrote:

> I've just bought an ibook. It's a very nice computer with some good
> design features, but it's not as easy to use as my linux box. KDE (with
> right-click menus) is much more flexible. Why doesn't the mac preview
> all files in Finder? Why does it have to open another app to show you a
> graphics file? It's very nice to use and has long battery life, but it
> isn't going to replace Linux as my main workhorse. It's hard to go from
> KDE to something else, it has so many good features that you really 
> miss
> them when you use Windows or Mac.
> regards,