Glad to see you are back Gare.
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Glad to see you are back Gare.
Gary is not only home, but he's working on content for the June Xara Xone. Let's face it; I'm a little late for May.
Thanks Rik, thanks everyone.
I wouldn't wish the pain on my worst enemy.
Okay, strike or revise that last thought.
My Best,
Gary
WOW! So sorry to hear of your accident but glad you're mending, Gare! Heal up fast!!!
I ditched Windows and have converted fully over to Linux so I haven't been in touch.
Nice to hear from you Maya, glad your still around. How you finding Linux, keep thinking about doing the same myself but not to sure about Linux and Xara? me being a thicky on these sort of things :D
Stygg
Hi Stygg! :D
It's been quite a bit since I've checked back here. Gare's accident was a real surprise (and recently two other friends have had broken bone injuries -- one broke both her arms falling off a treadmill and a nearby neighbor just broke his ankle in an accident when his tractor rolled over on top of him last week)! :eek:
Regarding Linux, I've been thinking about abandoning Windows for some years actually and finally I just decided I've had enough with expensive forced updates and intrusive software. I haven't experimented with Xara yet, although Linux does have a compatibility program called Wine for working with many Win applications. I don't expect it to work with newer versions of Xara -- I don't know. However, Linux does work with many freeware and opensource artwork programs -- the 3D program Blender and Gimp (sort of like PS, with animation also) and Inkscape (vectors) along with CAD programs, and many other artwork programs. More are being developed and improved all the time. There's loads of great free programs of every type, even LibreOffice which can do more than everything I'd ever want to do (even has LibreDraw in the suite). Linux is different, I love it and jumped right in. These days you can have the Linux Os versions of your choice and the versions which offer very similar graphical user interfaces are the distributions called Mint 17.1 and Ubuntu. You can use them with the GuI or you can learn the commands and type what you want done through the terminal (like the DOS prompt in Win). Actually once the commands are learned many things can be done quicker that way. For general use, though, I use the GUI. I'm surfing the net and typing right now with Linux and everything looks just the same as it did when I used a Win box. The computer is faster (no bloatware) and safer because of how things function in Linux. I still have Win boxes to use for some art programs I use only offline as I want to preserve them as long as possible from intrusive updates which could eventually lead to them no longer functioning as companies decide to change things. I'm loving the freedom! :D So long Microsoft, Adobe, etc...
Hey Maya!
Yeah...it probably wasn't as big a surprise (my accident) to you as it was to me! :(
That's why no cartoons in PM or chat about the weather.
Getting waited on like royalty,
Gare
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Just as I suspected. Right up there with Tootsium and that mineral in Cheetos that makes your fingertips to orange for a half life of 2,3000 years.
Take it easy and mend fast, Gare! My best to Barb too!
Hi Maya,
sorry to hear about your friends accidents and thanks so much for a very informative reply with regard to Linux, it has helped me a lot and will look further into installing Linux.
Stygg
I would suggest trying out different linux distributions with VirtualBox before actually installing anything. In my opinion Linux is still not ready for desktop and to be used as the only operating system, but is slowly getting there.
So sorry to hear this. Hoping for a speedy recovery. Gary's a class act.
@Maya and all—
I didn't mean to sound callus or self-absorbed in post #56: Maya, I, too, am sorry to hear of your other friends' regrettable accidents!
Although I've heard that SpongeBob is somewhat self-absorbed...
It only hurts when we laugh,
-g
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Just noticed this thread -- Gare, I hope this finds you out of pain and enjoying the spring weather, and healing up OK. Although as long as you are in a cast, you can make up wild stories about skiing with John Kerry at Zermatt, etc. Hang in there, and I hope you are completely recovered very soon.
Jon Donahue
Thanks for the good wishes, Jon. Actually, I'm not in a cast. My femur surrounds a Titanium pole that supports a hip replacement done in 1993. This is why the excruciating pain, but also I'm healing quickly by controlling my blood sugars and stress levels (hard as that sounds!), but also why I almost immediately enjoyed range of motion freedom. I'm figuring another six weeks, a cane now and then, but full mobility which means I can finally drive the car that's not paid for yet. :)
Hop-a-Long Bouton...
Sounds very serious... sort of the same thing I think John Kerry is going through.
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Hope it's getting better, Gare... and hope the computer and your TV also help take the edge off. Best wishes from California.
Thanks for that, jon,
I have the best hip surgeon on the East Coast, Dr. Seth Greenky, watching over me, so I expect watching TV might become more of a pastime than it is now, which is a necessary diversion. :)
My Best,
Gary
best wishes, for a speedy recovery!!!