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Re: Installing an external modem in Ubuntu 9.1 TO VISITING: Thanks for your reply. So how do you establish a socket? You say 'using a socket'...HOW exactly is this done? This presupposes that I know what a socket is and how to set one up, and I find nothing on this topic. The installation routine makes no mention of this, nor how to do it. Why isn't this done automatically when you install efax-gtk? This is but an example of what I'm talking about. Why do we users have to do the work of programmers? I've installed more Windows faxing programs than I can remember, going back 20 or more years, and EVERY one of them put in a printer driver automatically as part of the installation. Why doesn't EFax do this? This is not progress, IMHO.
BTW, I've received several suggestions on setting Efax up but none of them have worked...it seems procedures and file locations change from one release of Ubuntu to the next, and unless the instructions are specific to the version I use they don't work. Not progress.
I'm really good at figuring out things, especially from manuals...I used to charge serious money for this, and for 24+ years I was the guy that got called after everyone else messed things up, be it networks, programs or hardware, but apps such as Efax leave way too much undone, and it's far from intuitive. As for importing addresses, Winfax integrates with Outlook so I don't have to use two different address books. Where is this function in Efax? Where is there an email program that even comes close to Outlook? Cutting and pasting is first-class clunky. Importing is the right way. Would you have me believe that programmers who can invent Ubuntu are incapable of dissecting an Outlook.pst file and writing a routine for extracting contact info? I find this hard to believe.
Also, another poster said there are some 32,000 apps for Ubuntu. Can you please tell me the name of one that has the same or even similar capabilities for investment management and personal finance as has Quicken? I need more than just a checkbook manager...I could do that with a spreadsheet. I like OpenOffice a lot, and can see myself using it instead of MSOffice, no problem. But faxing, email, and audio file manipulation are essential to me. I'm a bassist in a jazz group and we record lots of our stuff. I use Adobe Audition for file manipulation. I've gotten AA to run under Crossover Office, but what native Ubuntu app exists that has all this capability?
My overall impression is that UNIX in general is aimed at programmers and techno-folk, of which I was one previously, but now I'm just a plain old user, and I need stuff written for users, not programmers. I've given up on rocket launching, biophysics, organic chemistry and deep sea diving as well...I just need basic apps that install and work correctly without the intervention of a 20 year veteran of UNIX.
As I mentioned previously, I'm not married to Ubuntu, and if there is something better, more polished and complete (I think those are the key words) with user-friendly apps, I'd try it in a New York second. Any recommendations?
Again, thank you very much for your input, and perhaps one day this situation will resolve itself, but for now, the Ubuntu unit stays on the test bench, not my desk.
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 KakalakyPremium
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Broken Arrow, OK
kudos:1 | You obviously don't want to take the time to learn anything that isn't windows so just keep using windows. Problem solved. | |
grunze510
join:2009-02-14
Cote Saint-Luc, QC
kudos:1 | reply to caribconsult
Sorry, I wasn't paying attention to the fact that you have no internet. Unfortunately, it's a little bit more difficult to install software without an internet connection. It's doable, just annoying because you might need to get extra dependencies.
Look at packages.ubuntu.com to search for your apps/packages. You'll need to choose Karmic as your distribution.
I'm not sure how compatible GNUcash and Kmymoney are, but I think Moneydance might work. Moneydance isn't free, it costs about $40, but they have a trial. | |
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