Don't forget Netflix instant play... Linux doesn't have that and probably won't for quite a long time (if ever)
Yep, also when your peers use MS word and you want to collaborate things will get messed up if you try to use OpenOffice. You can then try to convince them (basically your field) to 'switch to latex' but its so much more easy just to run a virtual box!Originally Posted by Dason
Don't forget Netflix instant play... Linux doesn't have that and probably won't for quite a long time (if ever)
Or if you are in one of those fields that accepts latex, just sit back, relax and be happy!
The true ideals of great philosophies always seem to get lost somewhere along the road..
Yeah. I guess I have the luxury of LaTeX. I've had that luxury for long enough that I don't know what I'd do if I had to write mathy stuff in Word.
Office 2010 support Latex commands.
I use Avant Window Navigator ( better than docky) & and Gnome Do ( similar to Kupfer).
Also use Gretl for my econometric analysis.
In the long run, we're all dead.
Just in the equation editor right? or more globally?Office 2010 support Latex commands.
The true ideals of great philosophies always seem to get lost somewhere along the road..
not globally i guess. It works in the equation editor(my microsoft fan friend showed me this).
In the long run, we're all dead.
Still sounds like somewhat of a pain compared to LaTeX. But I'll definitely admit there's some anti-Office bias embedded in my opinions.
Hee Vinux,
Sorry I completely missed your query!
I don't use vim, I don't like the look and feel. I do however love its power!
Therefore I opted to integrate gedit (which is decent looking modern editor, you can easily customize) with Vim. So I advise you to get ViGedit in combination with Rgedit.
The author of ViGedit sums it up nicely:
I have been hopping from editor to editor, even tried emacs, but I prefered vim for some reason - however with these two plugins I'm sticking with gedit (I have allot more installed btw there are many great gedit plugins).I’ve been having inner turmoil about text editors for a while. On the one hand, I realize that Vim is super-powerful, and I should use it. On the other hand, I don’t know a lot of commands, and I frequently find that I actually get more work done in gedit. This makes me not use Vim, and then I forget a few commands I used to know, and then when I do use Vim it’s a worse experience than before.
Luckily, there’s a solution: the ViGedit gedit plugin. It lets you use all your favorite Vim commands from within gedit.
Sweetness.
The true ideals of great philosophies always seem to get lost somewhere along the road..
Oh and you might want to enable automatic syntax highlighting for R.. e.g. when you open a document the system automatically recognizes and highlights the R code.
To do this (Linux);
Edit your /etc/mime.types and add something like the following in the text/x-??? parts:
Code:text/x-R .r
The true ideals of great philosophies always seem to get lost somewhere along the road..
I found a new music player that I really like. Guayadeque is quite customizable and to tell the truth is pretty much what I've been looking for for quite some time. Clementine is great but Guayadeque has the ability to move things around and choose which tabs are shown/hidden and it is awesome. The only things I really want from music players are the ability to play all of my music, I appreciate last.fm support, and the ability to have something similar to an iTunes style browser. But this just goes above and beyond that and allows you to customize things in a very intuitive way. It might not be quite as flashy as Clementine/Amarok but that doesn't concern me too much.
Trying it out right now!
The true ideals of great philosophies always seem to get lost somewhere along the road..
Did you give it a try? What did you think?
I have tried few more Linux distributions.
1) Fubuntu - I didn't like it.
2) Joli OS - One of the best for netbook. Similar to meego, But, you could install all the ubuntu apps. Already installed R.
3) CrunchBang Linux - black screen background is good. (Not able to install from pendrive)
In the long run, we're all dead.
Have you tried Arch Linux yet? It's not quite as easy to get up and running but it can be very lightweight and is a rolling release.
I guess the issue is installing ARCH Linux from USB stick. Netbook doesn't have the CDROM. I am very much impressed by ARCH linux. ( The reviews on this distro is very good). I will try it in my Desktop.
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