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Many Windoze users are presently fighting loss of the whole menu and taskbar due a faulty update intended to reduce attack surface.

Highly effective strategy, make the computer near as possible to unusable..

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/recovering-from-attack-surface-reduction-rule-shortcut-deletions/ba-p/3716011

Manual recreation of shortcuts after fresh update will reportedly fix the issue.

Better is install antiX or MX if not done already :-).

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

Not clear that Linux is used. Microsoft Surface tablets have been used as have several wireless communication.

It does look like something else that Linux *could influence!

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[Member marcelocripe]

Hello everybody.

Feel free to comment.

I’d like to start by thanking the creator and leader of antiX Linux for always wanting to listen. On how many GNU/Linux distributions does the leader or leaders ask the community’s opinion?

PPC’s FT10 transformation package is excellent.
It achieves its aim of making antiX more ‘modern’ and ‘familiar’ particularly to those used to Windows 10.

This is an undeniable fact, when an end user new to antiX does not immediately adapt to the various “aesthetic” and “behavioral” options available in antiX, FT10 fulfills its main objective is to make the antiX something “modern” and “familiar”. For those people who only know Windows, as if this operating system only existed on planet Earth, FT10 “cushions” the impact of the transition from a slow operating system to a fast and stable operating system that is antiX Linux.

It’s not my ‘cup of tea’ though and I would remove it instantly.

I think this anticapitalista quote reflects reality very well for most experienced antiX users or active users of this forum. That is, being in antiX or not, it won’t make any difference to us.

So should future antiX default to Ft10 or keep its current set up?

I don’t know if the information was lost in automatic translation, but I would like the anticapitalist to make it very clear to all people which antiX ISO (or which antiX ISOs) it intends to use FT10 as the default on boot. Without this information, we will see people using core or net ISOs saying that they don’t want FT10, and for these ISOs and for these users, FT10 doesn’t make any difference, because they build antiX from the “black screen” from Terminal.

I assume that the intention is to use the full antiX ISO, if that is the intention, I fully agree that the FT10 is available in the menu to be activated or not by the end user. This way we prevent some people from complaining in this thread or the other antiX-23 – based on Debian 12 Bookworm – ideas that ROX-IceWM is no longer the default. But the people who “complain” know very well how to change the window manager or window manager + file manager combination, with two clicks or a command in Terminal.

We have to think about the following situation, either the community grows or it inevitably ends. If there are no new antiX users, inevitably the experienced antiX users will one day die, as this is the only certainty we have in life. Simply put, we can’t get away from it…

Even after the detailed explanations of PPC in several threads and including here about the FT10, I still see some people looking at themselves and not the other. Or that you have never used the FT10, but have your opinion ready and then say “no”.

While the majority of active people on the forum have learned something new since they started using antiX, unfortunately, there are people who are unwilling or unwilling to learn something new (whether due to lack of free time, lack of interest or laziness ). Much of this is what I call “the consequences of the comfort zone created by Microsoft”, the user becomes dependent (on the operating system), but doesn’t even realize it and anything different becomes a “trauma”. If a toolbar, two first-level menu options, two-click Recycle Bin settings, and various other programs that complete FT10 can increase the number of antiX users, I’d vote “yes” for the full ISO of antiX (at least it’s available in the options menu). The full ISO size won’t get huge because of the FT10, in case that’s anyone’s concern.

As I already wrote some time ago, I am an antiX Linux multiplier here in Brazil. Every now and then we have a new Brazilian participant here on the forum, most of them are monoglots, just like I am. antiX increasingly translated to pt-BR and FT10 make an excellent impression in the eyes of people who receive antiX from the installations that I do on their computers.

What Madibi wrote is very similar to what happens here in Brazil, if the patterns and themes available in antiX don’t “please” the end user’s eyes, certainly FT10 will and I see that happening here frequently.

Before being against FT10, I suggest you do a test on a LiveUSB without persistence, put yourself in the shoes of a novice user who has never seen antiX before and who is seeing antiX for the first time with FT10.

Note: I do not consider any of the antiX users actively participating here in this forum to be end users.

Anticapitalista, I thank you for allowing us to express our opinions and suggestions.

marcelocripe
(Original text in Brazilian Portuguese language)

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Olá a todos.

Feel free to comment.

Eu gostaria de iniciar agradecendo ao criador e líder do antiX Linux por sempre querer nos ouvir. Em quantas distribuições GNU/Linux que o líder ou os líderes perguntam a opinião da comunidade?

PPC’s FT10 transformation package is excellent.
It achieves its aim of making antiX more ‘modern’ and ‘familiar’ particularly to those used to Windows 10.

Este é um fato inegável, quando um usuário final recém chegado no antiX não se adapta imediatamente as diversas opções “estéticas” e “comportamentais” disponíveis no antiX, o FT10 cumpre o seu objetivo principal é que tornar o antiX algo “moderno” e “familiar”. Para aquelas pessoas que só conhecem o Windows, como se só existisse este sistema operacional no planeta Terra, o FT10 “amortece” o impacto da transição de um sistema operacional lento para um sistema operacional rápido e estável que é o antiX Linux.

It’s not my ‘cup of tea’ though and I would remove it instantly.

Eu acho que esta frase do anticapitalista reflete muito bem a realidade para a maioria dos usuários experientes do antiX ou dos frequentadores ativos deste fórum. Ou seja, estando no antiX ou não, não fará diferença alguma para nós.

So should future antiX default to Ft10 or keep its current set up?

Eu não sei se a informação foi perdida na tradução automática, mas eu gostaria que o anticapitalista deixasse bem claro para todas as pessoas em qual ISO do antiX (ou quais ISOs do antiX) se pretende utilizar o FT10 como padrão na inicialização. Sem esta informação, veremos as pessoas que utilizam as ISOs core ou net dizendo que não querem o FT10, sendo que para estas ISOs e para estes usuários, o FT10 não faz diferença alguma, porque eles constroem o antiX a partir da “tela preta” do Terminal.

Eu suponho que a intenção seja utilizar na ISO full do antiX, se for esta a intenção, eu concordo plenamente que o FT10 esteja disponivel no menu para ser ativado ou não pelo usuário final. Desta forma, evitamos que algumas pessoas reclamem neste tópico ou no outro antiX-23 – based on Debian 12 Bookworm – ideas de que o ROX-IceWM não seja mais o padrão. Mas as pessoas que “reclamam” sabem muito bem como alterar o gerenciador de janelas ou a combinação gerenciador de janelas + gerenciador de arquivos, com dois cliques ou um comando no Terminal.

Nós temos que pensar a seguinte situação, ou a comunidade cresce ou inevitavelmente acabará. Se não houver novos usuários do antiX, inevitavelmente os usuários experientes do antiX um dia morrerão, pois esta é a única certeza que temos na vida. Simplismente, não temos como fugir disso…

Mesmo após as explicações detalhadas do PPC em vários tópicos e inclusive aqui sobre o FT10, eu ainda vejo algumas pessoas olhando para si e não para o outro. Ou que nunca utilizou o FT10, mas possui a sua opinião pronta e logo diz “não”.

Enquanto a maioria das pessoas ativas no fórum aprendeu alguma coisa nova desde que começou a utilizar o antiX, infelizmente, existem pessoas que não querem ou não estão dispostas a aprender algo novo (seja por falta de tempo livre, ou por falta interesse ou por preguiça). Muito disso é o que eu chamo de “as consequências da zona de conforto criada pela Microsoft”, o usuário se torna um dependente (do sistema operacional), mas nem percebe isso e qualquer coisa diferente, se torna um “trauma”. Se uma barra de ferramentas, duas opções do menu do primeiro nível, as configurações da Lixeira pronta com apenas dois cliques e vários outros programas que completam o FT10 possa aumentar o número de usuários do antiX, eu voto em “sim” para a ISO full do antiX (ao menos estar disponível no menu de opções). O tamanho da ISO full não ficará enorme por causa do FT10, caso seja a preocupação de alguém.

Como eu já escrevi há algum tempo atrás, eu sou um multiplicador do antiX Linux aqui no Brasil. Vez ou outra temos um novo participante Brasileiro aqui no fórum, na sua maioria são monoglotas, assim como eu sou. O antiX cada vez mais traduzido para pt-BR e o FT10 causam uma excelente impressão aos olhos das pessoas que recebem o antiX a partir das instalações que eu faço nos seus computadores.

O que o Madibi escreveu é muito semelhante ao que ocorre aqui no Brasil, se os padrões e os temas disponíveis no antiX não “agradam” aos olhos do usuário final, certamente o FT10 agradará e eu vejo isso acontecendo aqui com frequência.

Antes de ser contra ao FT10, eu sugiro que você faça um teste em um LiveUSB sem persistência, coloque se no lugar de um usuário iniciante que nunca viu o antiX antes e que esteja vendo pela primeira vez o antiX com o FT10.

Observação: Eu não considero nenhum dos usuários do antiX que participam de forma ativa aqui neste fórum como usuários finais.

Anticapitalista, eu agradeço por você nos permitir expressarmos as nossas opiniões e sugestões.

marcelocripe
(Texto original em idioma Português do Brasil)

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

Hi Lead Farmer! I have a much different orientation because I grew up in the days before Microsoft started to produce consumer software. Therefore in most of my high school and college years I used either mini computer or mainframe systems, and none of them in the seventies were truly geared to “at home” consumers; even the easiest software was still aimed at either computer professionals or trained business users.

The eighties did BEGIN the move toward consumer oriented software, but it was only the late eighties and early nineties that easy to use programs and systems were deliberately built. I took a great deal of personal interest in promoting and advocating easy to use defaults for all programs and systems, except those used ONLY by professionals who without question wanted power and features over simplicity.

By the time that personal computers and hand held devices became easy to use, affordable and readily available, usability HAS become much more readily available, but now we have a much DIFFERENT issue: the majority of people are SO enamored with their devices, games, tools, and entertainment that some people (too many of them, thankfully NOT everyone) uses electronic devices more often than they interact with people.

Though I’ve always used a LOT of electronics, I make it a daily goal to turn them off and/or put them away, and definitely so if a person approaches me or speaks to me.

There is a balance. I encourage all of us to use technology in effective, useful ways, but PLEASE make and keep the relationships around you the number one priority. People DO build these things, but people have brains, lives, feelings, and needs; let’s not forget any of this, especially during holidays when people have traditionally gathered, whether expressing their faith or simply because they care for others. I urge everyone to remember this; technology is valuable and important, but it is still nothing more than a tool; living, breathing animals and people in particular are always infinitely more important!

Holiday greetings to all!

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[Member sybok]

My understanding (summarising the thread) so far:

1) By release: A) unstable=sid B) testing C) stable D) old-stable E) old-old-stable
2) Repository “source”: A) main B) contrib C) non-free
3) Any stable release has ‘backports’ from testing.
4) Security
5) Additional repositories that may or may not be available for the different releases (mentioned in item 1)) such as ‘multimedia’ or Microsoft repository (for stable only), to be used with care.

Not quite sure myself…

As @ile mentioned, ‘systemd’ is kept out of antiX using modification of the sources.
The antiX way is apt-pinning (assigning priority to a package or a repository; negative values prevent installation), see directory ‘/etc/apt/preferences.d/’.

[Member ModdIt]

Ouch but somewhat expected, for those who do not know the parent company of Red Hat is IBM.
Sales of licences are down so users shall be coerced in to buying new machines.

Just checked my newest computer, seems one of the earliest X64V2 Processors. others I have
including my thinkpad are all V1.

Just as sinister is the manouvers of microsoft which is trying to control as much open source
software as possible in part with help of aquisition, in part influence on FSF and by Political
Lobbying and probabl forgetten suitcases remember they reputedly paid at least 7,5 Million
USD for GIT Hub, for sure not out of kindness. More embrace and destroy, fitting to that,unless
things have recently changed poettering the init destructor is now a microsoft employee.

I am hopeful that debian will stay the universal operating system, wish they would also go
back to full support of a non insane init.

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[Member ModdIt]

@olstyn memory is max at 512 as below spec from link in first post shows.

Software and Memory
The Toughbook CF-28 operates on a Microsoft Windows XP or 2000 platform using a low-voltage,
Mobile Intel Pentium III M-Processor in either 1GHz or 800MHz. It includes a 30GB hard drive and
256MB of SDRAM memory that can be expanded up to 512MB. The 1.44MB floppy disk drive holds 3.5-inch
floppy disks and also accepts the optional DVD-ROM/CD-RW combination drive.

Bring it to meetings as a historic (gimmick) device sounds interesting. Hope you are succesful, my
last bosses would surely have suffered apoplexy attacks :-).

[Member olsztyn]

blur13 wrote:

Its funny how “evil” chrome works flawlessly with ALSA but “benevolent” Firefox requires “evil” pulseaudio for sound.

One of the most interesting observations of nowadays reality… Something that was considered as oxymoron in the past, such as ‘democratic totalitarian government’ became a norm of our Western World…
It is only a matter of degree whether Firefox is more evil than Chrome or vice versa. Between both they have divided 90% of users. About just 90, because we should give some share of users for Microsoft browser too… Any competition still alive?..
Has the time come yet for the final battle for total control of the user world?

Live antiX Boot Options (Previously posted by Xecure):
https://antixlinuxfan.miraheze.org/wiki/Table_of_antiX_Boot_Parameters

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

Sometimes I use a Linux kernel on a system that’s barely recognizable as anything RELATED to Linux – the Google infrastructure and the Chromebook.

I’m well aware that even the mention of “Google”, “Microsoft”, or “Apple” gets some people going. Not too long ago, I found a group of UNIX enthusiasts who enjoy the Next derivatives of UNIX – translate that to the commercial BSD/Next/Apple proprietary infrastructure behind one of the most profitable corporations, the one that Steve Jobs conceived and turned into a UNIX-like system with a complex, but still usable and popular interface; whether Mac OS X or iOS, today it’s arguably the most PROFITABLE computer company. Anyway, my positive comments about Linux and some criticism of anything Apple resulted in an all out assault on anything I said; I quickly closed my account in that location and have not returned.

I’m not planning to do that here, but all I would like to interject is this: when we talk about “software freedom”, it’s my opinion that true freedom allows each of us to use whatever we choose: that is, if we want to (or have to, in order to have a job) use Microsoft or Apple products, those are two of the many choices, so is the choice to use large commercial mainframe systems, small proprietary interactive or real time systems, or Linux, or some other choice not mentioned here; being one to choose “freedom” with that kind of a definition, I definitely enjoy using our antiX, and over the course of a long week, it’s probably the

most common

thing I use on my computers, but I DO also use Chromebook computers, Android phones and occasionally other proprietary systems, and many other freely available Linux systems. I’m a true advocate of choice in that kind of a way; each choice has it’s own advantages and disadvantages and each is a personal choice.

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I have tried the suggestions xecure gave in https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/i-cant-get-any-bluetooth-device-to-pair-with-my-pc/#post-49552 and I can get the headset to pair, but I notice that the bluetooth manager does not think its an audio device, and the pulse audio volume control doesn’t see it at all.

If anyone else has gotten this to work, could you please provide a list of what you installed and what needed to be configured? This machine was originally installed as antiX 21 64 bit full, and is up to date with the 4.9 kernel, but I didn’t have any better luck with antiX 22 64 bit full with the 5.10 kernel, and it didn’t work with MX 21 Fluxbox, either.

I spent another day trying, and thus far it has only worked with Win/10 and my android phone. It almost works with Slackel, but that OS can’t connect to the Internet after its installed. I have been avoiding trying Debian and Ubuntu due to their systemd.

blueman device info output
D0:8A:55:D0:A6:D6
public
Venue
Venue
0x000000
0x0000
blueman
yes
yes
no
no
no

/org/bluez/hci0

I think the “resource not ready is related to dbus based on the terminal output I got:

rbs.append(Gtk.RadioButton(_("Don't connect")))
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/blueman/bluez/Base.py", line 81, in callback
 value = proxy.call_finish(result).unpack()
 gi.repository.GLib.Error: g-io-error-quark: GDBus.Error:org.bluez.Error.NotReady: Resource Not Ready (36)
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/blueman/bluez/Base.py", line 90, in callback
 raise parse_dbus_error(e)
 blueman.bluez.errors.DBusNotReadyError:  Resource Not Ready

inxi output

$ inxi -EAMrz
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 7559 v: 1.3.1
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0H0CC0 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
    v: 1.3.1 date: 12/02/2018
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: <filter>
Repos:
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
    1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/bullseye/ bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
    2: deb-src http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/bullseye/ bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ bullseye main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
    2: deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
    2: deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
    3: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
    4: deb-src http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
    5: deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ bullseye non-free main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams/ stable main
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list

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Olá Brasileiros do fórum do antiX.

Eu preciso da ajuda, sugestões e opiniões dos Brasileiros sobre a tradução das pastas “Downloads” e “Music” para o antiX Linux e para o MX Linux.

Como sabemos, o nosso idioma Português do Brasil ou Português Brasileiro é originário do Português de Portugal. É extremamente rico, recebeu influências dos colonos Italianos, Franceses, Alemães, Holandeses, Orientais, dos vários idiomas Indígenas e Africanos (dos povos escravizados trazidos para o Brasil Colônia ou Brasil Colonial). Por esta razão é que possuímos várias formas diferentes de traduzir um mesmo termo do idioma Inglês para o nosso Português do Brasil.

Eu sempre escrevo nos fóruns e grupos das redes sociais (WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.) que nós Brasileiros temos que dar valor a nossa língua/idioma, que temos que exigir que os produtos e serviços pagos (programas aplicativos, sistemas operacionais, filmes, séries animadas, livros, etc.) sejam traduzidos para o nosso idioma. Por algum motivo, que eu não sei qual foi, no Windows e em alguns GNU/Linux a pasta “Downloads” não foi traduzida. Mas, no antiX Linux e no MX Linux nós certamente poderemos ter um dia a pasta “Downloads” traduzida e ainda ter a pasta “Música” escrita corretamente no plural “Músicas”, ambas estão na pasta pessoal do usuário (/home/seu nome de usuário).

Com a ajuda de vocês, nós poderemos pedir ao anticapitalista (para o antiX Linux) e ao Adrian e/ou Jerry3904 (para o MX Linux) para corrigirem algumas traduções que não foram feitas nas pastas do usuário. No caso, são as pastas “Downloads” e “Música”.

Algumas traduções possíveis para a pasta “Downloads” são:

Baixados
Descarregados
Transferidos
Transferências
(Ou outra forma que você conheça.)

Por favor, eu peço que manifestem a sua opinião sobre a forma preferida que você melhor consegue compreender a tradução da palavra “Downloads” ou “Download”, que a partir das próximas traduções que eu vier a fazer dos programas aplicativos, eu irei utilizar a forma que seja a mais fácil para a maioria dos Brasileiros compreenderem.

Somos nós que escolhemos e não a Microsoft. Os Brasileiros não são “obrigados” a saberem o idioma Inglês para utilizarem um sistema operacional.

A imagem anexa “Pasta_Pessoal_em_Portugues_de_Portugal.jpg” exibe a pasta pessoal do antiX Linux iniciado em idioma Português de Portugal que contém a tradução da pasta “Downloads” para “Transferências”. Do lado esquerdo está o gerenciador de arquivos ROX-Filer e do lado direito está o gerenciador de arquivos zzzFM.

A imagem anexa “Pasta_Pessoal_em_Portugues_do_Brasil” exibe a pasta pessoal do antiX Linux iniciado em idioma Português do Brasil que contém a pasta “Downloads” sem a tradução. Do lado esquerdo está o gerenciador de arquivos ROX-Filer e do lado direito está o gerenciador de arquivos zzzFM.

Eu vou fazer este mesmo pedido de ajuda nos grupos das redes sociais (WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.) onde existem usuários do antiX e do MX linux, além de fazer dois tópicos, sendo um tópico no fórum do antiX e o outro tópico no fórum do MX Linux.

Valerá a opinião das pessoas que são interessadas em manifestar a sua opinião.

Eu conto com a sua participação!

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[Member Wallon]

Dear Seaken64,

Thanks for your information.

On the Microsoft 600 keyboard, the calculator key is considered an independent key. It is not linked to the numeric keypad, you don’t have to activate the NumLock key to activate the calculator key.

On my Dell Latitude 5590 laptop, the calculator key is also independent.

Best regards,
Wallon

[Member marcelocripe]

Comparing Linux and Windows in 2022

Mr Brian, I think the main difference between some GNU/Linux and Windows that was not covered in the article is that with some specific operating systems, such as antiX, TinyCore, SliTaz, Puppy Linux and other few distribution options, allow computers that are considered junk by Microsoft to be used in full and are not junk.

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Comparing Linux and Windows in 2022

Senhor Brian, eu acho que a principal diferença entre alguns GNU/Linux e o Windows que não foi abordada na matéria é que, com alguns sistemas operacionais em específico, como por exemplo, o antiX, o TinyCore, o SliTaz, o Puppy Linux e outras poucas opções de distribuições, permitem que os computadores que são considerados lixos eletrônicos pela Microsoft sejam utilizados de forma plena e não são lixos eletrônicos.

[Member Wallon]

Dear PPC,

I am shocked. Have you never seen a keyboard with a calculator key?
Everyone who works with numbers needs that key.
I use Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600 sold since 2014 for 15€ for my desktop. Please click on the screenshot.
My Dell Latidude 5590 laptop also has a calculator key.

I know that gamers do not need this key …
No, but seriously!

Kind regards,
Wallon

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[Member PPC]

andyprough wrote:

it will not offer to save to those MS Office formats, just to the older .doc, .xls., .ppt. It also does not seem able to open a PDF in OpenOffice Draw, not like LibreOffice can.

Probably because those features were added to LO after it was forked from OOo. Consider OOo like a slightly underpowered (and also slightly less resource hungry) version of LO – it runs better on older machines, but also allows users to do less with it- if you have no need for compatibility with closed file formats (the ones from Microsoft), don’t need psd editing features, etc AND don’t dislike the “older UI” OOo offers, then it’s perfectly usable. You can also use it to work on a office file on older devices, and then open that file on LO and convert it to .docx, etc…
I find that there are no really good fully working office suites for underpowered computers- but OOo runs a little better on my netbook than LO… I find OOo’s .appimage file great!

P.

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