Linux OS

[Tom Jennings]

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004, Jim Isbell wrote:

> The question remains, will the files I have, Gigabytes of them, made by Easy
> Office and Easy Calc and Netscape...etc.  Be readable by the new APPS.  If not
> then it is worthless to get new apps no mater the price.  

You have to take them one (type) at a time.  Word and excel,
not a problem.  Netscape, netscape is netscape. Directory
structure is likely different, but bookmarks etc all the same.

I don't know what EasyCalc is. If it stores or exports in RTF
or Excel etc fine. If it's totally 100% proprietary youre'
likely screwed.

Etc. Go down the list one by one...



> I don't need a new
> clean computer.  I am not starting from scratch.   


I'd suggest installing linux on a separate computer, copy files in and
solve the problems one by one, then migrate your "real" computer
over.

I can tell you, I can produce any of my files in a form easily
digestible by win, dos or apple (OSX or older). I run SuSE linux,
but most of the major distributions are fine. FreeBSD etc will
be a little harsh if you're used to windows but it's totally
fine software (in some ways better than linux).