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Zorin OS
I'm a long time Linux user; in fact, my first Linux distribution was Yggdrasil. Then came Redhat.
Sadly enough, I can't use Linux at work as the applications I work with (Pro/E, Creo) are available on the Windows platform only. I've used Ubuntu at home, but got dissatisfied with it when they introduced Unity.
So I started searching for alternatives. A very interesting one that is perhaps eligible for an article in your magazine is Zorin OS: http://zorin-os.com/
John Bijnens
Some People…
I feel so sad. The day before yesterday, I removed the preloaded Ubuntu from a friend’s Dell laptop and installed Windows 7 Ultimate on it. A few months back, when I bought my Dell laptop, much to my surprise it also came with preloaded Ubuntu 10.04 on it. But there were no official Ubuntu logo. When I saw my friend’s laptop with the Ubuntu logo alongside Intel’s, I was overwhelmed. But the sad thing is that I could not persuade that friend of mine to use Ubuntu. He just won’t give it a try.
Uttam
Office Base
This is a last ditch attempt to get something done about LibreOffice Base before I completely wipe Ubuntu from my dual-boot machine.
For years, I had been using a famous financial package on my Windows machine without any problems. It also gave me all the financial reports I needed.
Then I loaded Ubuntu on the same machine using the dual-boot method (after listening to all the much-vaunted hype about Ubuntu). I then switched to Gnucash, saving the data to a mysql database from where I used LibreOffice Base to produce the desired reports. Everything worked fine until 12.04 came. All of a sudden one can not produce any report in Base at all. Please have a look at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/992232, which might give you a better picture of the problem. One of the last comments on this post is surely very valid: “What good is a database that can't produce reports?”
My question: what can I do? Ideally in kicking somebody's backside as apparently nobody is doing anything to solve the problem. Other advice will also be appreciated.
Surely this is no advert for LibreOffice or Ubuntu.
Jose
Gord notes: a fix was posted to that bug report in June, but I don’t know if it will solve Jose’s specific problem.
More Bugs
The rant concerning bug reporting (for Evolution in his case) is pretty close to bang on for bug reporting in general. I guess that just because a program uses Bugzilla it doesn't mean that Bugzilla is a generic term—it’s unique to a given program. Even more deceptive is the more or less automatic bug reporting that pops-up now and then.
I guess that developers really do want feedback, but the tools they offer are “less than intuitive”! Indeed they seem designed for the developers – not the users.
A generic article on how to report a bug would be a winner—wish I was smart enough to write it!
Dave Rowell
Ronnie says: Any developers, or smart cookies, out there want to teach us users how to use bug reporting sites/tools such as Bugzilla?
Viruses
Regarding the security issues of attacks from Viruses, Mal-ware and Spy-ware are “unheard” of. However, as I still access Windows' machines with a USB memory stick, I installed Clam Av to my Linux machines as a precaution.
I run Clam Av on a regular basis and recently got a warning of a virus on scanning my machine, not a USB memory stick. So Linux is susceptible to attacks. The contamination came from another source.
Can you give us readers of FCM some more information as to this security issue?
Allan Hambidge
I just read FCM issue 64, and I'm worried! The news item on the Linux trojan caught my eye, and the question uppermost in my mind is: how do I check if my computer has been infected and how to I get rid of it? In the Windows world (last used 6 years ago) I had an antivirus, but I never felt that I needed it on Linux. Has that just changed? What are the best anti-virus programmes for Ubuntu? An article on this might be useful.
Chris Burmajster
Ronnie says: Any antivirus gurus out there who’d like to give us a quick run through on how to protect our machines from native viruses, but also in keeping a dual-boot safe?
Gord adds: See the Q&A in FCM#64. I showed how to scan a Windows partition, but a tiny simplification of the procedure would scan your Ubuntu system.
Kdenlive Help
I'm an intermittent reader of FCM who enjoyed your piece in issue 65 about editing clips in Kdenlive. I use Kdenlive at home and at work.
The manual nature of repositioning clips has always bothered me. Let's say that I put together a 3 minute video with 7 to 10 clips and audio, then decide that one of the clips in the middle must be trimmed. Trimming the clip using the scissors is no sweat. However, I now have an open space in my presentation and all the other clips must be moved manually to close that opening.
Closing that space is fairly straightforward on a single track video but can be a royal pain in the butt if one is using multiple video and audio tracks. Removing a photo from the middle of photo slideshow movie, where each photo lasts 3-4 seconds, is arduous in the extreme.
Is there a utility that I might be unaware of that could make this process simpler? Would others have the same issue?
Jeff Boulden
Ronnie says: That's a good question. I don't think there is a way to automatically rearrange clips after a trim, but I'm no expert. Any Kdenlive experts out there got a solution for this one?