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Binkie The Clown

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4. I have some books on the way from Amazon

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 15, 2015, 01:24 AM

Aug 2015

One on Mint, one on Linux command line, one on gcc (to help me migrate away from MSVCC for my coding needs), one on GNU Make (MSVCC always hid the details of make files from the programmer so in umpteen years of C++ programming I've never had to look at a make file. It's time I learn that too.)

I've already found several of the programs I use on Win/7 including Audacity, Filezilla, XAMPP, and a decent replacement for Winamp. I haven't played with GIMP yet to see how it compares to Paintshop Pro, but I'm sure it will be fine. The Netbeans IDE looks identical, so that will be no challenge. All in all, it's gone very smoothly so far.

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I took the plunge! [View all] Binkie The Clown Aug 2015 OP

How different is the interface, etc? arcane1 Aug 2015 #1

Same functionality Binkie The Clown Aug 2015 #3

Congratulations!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #2

I have some books on the way from Amazon Binkie The Clown Aug 2015 #4

Program called Wine is a Windows emulator. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #5

Congratulations - Linux Is Very Mature And Stable - Enjoy cantbeserious Aug 2015 #6

congrats n/t w0nderer Aug 2015 #7