Office 2000 running!

Alrighty, I just got office 2000 running. Here's how I did it (in Feisty Fawn).

Found this wiki pretty much broke down the process perfectly for me. Whatever you do, don't forget to install internet explorer (good 'ole Microsoft loves making their programs interdependent!), and this page will tell you how for Ubuntu. The wiki references this page for some info on how to make a few adjustments in Wine.

After finishing installation, go to your home folder and make sure your hidden files are visible (View>show hidden files), and then you can go into the ".wine" folder, in which you will probably go to "drive_c" (wine's virtual drive c for linux), go to "program files", then "Microsoft office", then "office" and then find the correct .exe file (winword, excel, powerpnt...).

I want to find a way to post a "shortcut" (sorry to use the windows lingo!) on my desktop, just haven't found a way yet. I'll let ya know as soon as I figure it out!

Fun stuff!

Well, I've gotten a little of what I wanted to accomplished today...mainly to do with beryl. ;-/ yeah - the eye candy is great, but what a pain... I'm not sure which instructions I actually followed the first time I installed beryl...but the result was that in the midst of my goofing around with the settings, my title bar and sides to my windows disappeared (yeah, couldn't move, resize, minimize, maximize or close all open programs). Needless to say this was irritating. I eventually came across an article on PC World which had slightly different instructions for me, I ran them and somehow two more programs were installed and beryl is working pretty decently for me now.

still haven't gotten my mp3s playing, though I think it's just a matter of getting the programs to use my audio card (and not the built-in one on my motherboard) - though I'm not too sure where those settings are at the moment...

still haven't gotten any DVDs to play - couldn't find "libdvdcss2" in synaptic package manager - though I found everything else. Again, suggestions welcome...

I did get WINE installed and eSword through that - though I had already found an article by someone who had done the legwork to make that compatible with WINE and everything. I'm hoping to be able to run Dreamweaver 2, QuickVerse 2005, and maybe even Microsoft Word and Excell 2000 through that. Those are about the only programs I use in Windows which have specific functions that I can't find in any open source linux stuff (the main thing for Word is the "document map" function which I use to organize my class notes - anyone know how to do the equivalent in OpenOffice?).

Next up, other than figuring out my mp3 and DVD woes, is customizing my panels. Gnome defaults are nice...but I've seen some screenshots which were way better....

Ubuntu Fiesty Installed

Alrighty folks, I've decided to record my adventures in linux here. I'm starting with Ubuntu - which I've actually installed once before (I think it was Hoary Hedgehog version...), but I didn't have time to get it right.

Well, I'm back! And I just finished installing the OS (took a total of around 45 minutes - it maybe could have been less, but I was still napping some...hey, I'm on vacation today!!!).

And for an assistant I have my 7 week old son....who is presently napping in my lap. Yeah, he looks so cute when he's sleeping - but he's got a healthy set of lungs, let me tell you!

Let's see, where in the process...ah yes, I am about to get firefox set up the way I want to (I'm using Foxmarks to synchronize my bookmarks, and I've got a list of my favorite add-ons to, um....add on). Then I'm going to transfer a few files over, figure out how to get mp3s and DVDs going. Finally, today, I'm going to see about getting beryl installed. Not sure how that last one will go, but I'm diving in! Hey, if anyone has any pointers, feel free to let me know!

oh, and a few specs on my system:
Celeron 2.0 ghz processor
512 mb RAM
160 Gb hard-drive (for my old Windows XP)
120 Gb hard-drive (where I'm running Ubuntu)
CD/RW drive
DVD burner
I've also got a little oder nVidia video card (with 128 mb of RAM)
as well as a decently old SoundBlaster card.