Re: [Ubuntu-manual] A Little Help

2013-06-03 Thread Patrick Dickey
Hi Thomas, My answers are inline to your questions... On Sun, 2013-06-02 at 21:37 -0400, Thomas Corwin wrote: > Hello everyone! > > I have a few questions for you all. They will all help with the Wine section > of the manual. > > 1. Do you use a Windows OS? Only when I have to :D (I do have

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] A Little Help

2013-06-03 Thread Andrej Znidarsic
Hi Thomas! A few answers from me. 1. Yes, about monthly or so (inside virtual machine, WinXP) 2. I mostly use MS Office. This is applicable if I am writing a paper in collaboration with someone who uses MS Office and don't want to risk any format breakage. In addition I use EndNote citation manag

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Lubuntu version.

2013-06-03 Thread Yorvyk
On 03/06/13 01:00, Kevin Godby wrote: Hello, Steve. On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Yorvyk wrote: Are you considering proposing some type of partnership with the Ubuntu Manual Project? Yes, no, maybe, but I'd like the opinions of the current manual team on this. Could the Lubuntu part be par

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Installing TeX Live and a couple of suggestions

2013-06-03 Thread Yorvyk
On 03/06/13 01:06, Kevin Godby wrote: Hello, Steve. On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Yorvyk wrote: Is the information here http://ubuntu-manual.org/getinvolved/authors#install-texlive still valid or can I install from the repos. I'm using 12.04 I'd suggest installing TeX Live from upstream st

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] A Little Help

2013-06-03 Thread Sylvie Gallet
Hi All, I have a few questions for you all. They will all help with the Wine section of the manual. 1. Do you use a Windows OS? 2. If so, what Program(s) do you use the most? At home, I have an XP virtual machine but I seldom use it, as the Windows software I use run fine under Wine (a co

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] A Little Help

2013-06-03 Thread Thomas Corwin
Thank you all for the replies! I will be using the programs everyone has listed to test (and maybe enhance) Wine on Ubuntu. This data will also help add examples to the manual. As for the list of "Buntu" versions, I will be using the top three (Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu) for added testing, becau

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] A Little Help

2013-06-03 Thread Thomas Corwin
And in reply to Patrick, who asked "Are there really any others", there are. Here is a list of a few (in no specific order) Ubuntu Lubuntu Kubuntu Xubuntu Ubuntu Studio Mythbuntu Edubuntu Blackbuntu There are many more beside the most common! Thomas Corwin Sent from my iPhone On Jun 3, 2013,

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] A Little Help

2013-06-03 Thread Craig Hrabal
Don't forget the brand new GNOMEbuntu On 06/03/2013 05:59 PM, Thomas Corwin wrote: And in reply to Patrick, who asked "Are there really any others", there are. Here is a list of a few (in no specific order) Ubuntu Lubuntu Kubuntu Xubuntu Ubuntu Studio Mythbuntu Edubuntu Blackbuntu There are m