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yorkiesnorkie · Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 505 Location: George's Island

HI,

It's a 27 mb download. I downloaded both the deb and the tar.gz file from Avast. You have to get a license key to get it to work.

I only ran the update once via the gui in order to check Softmaker Office. I used it also to check a windows jumpdrive and windows partition. No virus on linux! Laughing

I think you'd find it a pain to update on dialup. Just my opinion.

Y.

Frank Cox · Joined: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 381

I think i will take my chances with xprot
thanks!

yorkiesnorkie · Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 505 Location: George's Island

I've had mixed results the xfprot gui, but f-prot works from the command line. I primarily use it for checking out PC files. For example I found four infected files on a windows partition and f-prot also reports various files on a windows partition as suspect or damaged I'd say f-prot works, updates, etc., works ok. Since it comes with the OS, that's something of an advantage since there's nothing else to install.

Y.

Frank Cox · Joined: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 381

Frank Cox · Joined: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 381

Has anyone tried the 2002 Linux version available here?

http://3d2f.com/programs/41-449-textmaker-for-linux-download.shtm

The 2006 has a platinum rating under wine but if the programs are not much different? Personally I don't care as I got licenses for 2008 during Christmas last year and am getting set up to be a reseller for them so i will have 2010 as well but I would like to know this for people who can't afford to purchase a new version.

Puppy users should recommend this software and asks those that buy it to tell them a PL user recommended it. Puppy users who have a computer shop, school. system admins etc. should get set up as a reseller. If we make them a lot of money they just might give us 2008 to use to replace Abi-Word

jakfish · Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 711

There's a free version of TM 2002 that's on the puppy archive. I found it did the job, but it's CPU-intensive. TM cleaned up things in later versions. Ditto for TM 2002 for Windows CE and TM 2002 for Zaurus (Qtopia Linux)

Small app, though, TM 2002. 7mbs total, I think.

Jake

Frank Cox · Joined: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 381

jakfish · Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 711

I run both SM 2008 for Linux and for Windows on Puppy 4.31

Weirdly enough, I can network print with the Windows version, but not the Linux version.

Another drawback of the Linux version is that the menu fonts, etc. are hard-coded--whereas, as you know, menus and such are infinitely adjustable under Wine.

I actually do the vast amount of my work with MS Word 97/Wine. Fast and furious, network printing, and other than *.docx, never a conversion problem.

I've often been temped to install MS Word 6, my all-time favorite wp, but hard to find the converters and get them up and running. I also don't know if Wine plays nice with 16-bit stuff.

Jake

Frank Cox · Joined: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 381

I use a Bible program called ESword under wine on Puppy and Ubuntu and it runs better than it does under windows so i am familiar with weird. ;}

Right now SM is offering the people who downloaded the "free" version 50% off on SMO 2010 which is 39.95 for widows or linux or 49.95 for both.