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2018-01-05, 11:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
From my experience of having to use Windows products at work and Libre/Open products at home I'd say that all the functionality of the programs is essentially the same. The difference is in the user interface, workflow, and MS account requirements.
Although I have found the search and filtering in Outlook to be definitely substandard.
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2018-01-06, 02:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
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2018-01-06, 04:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
Pretty sure that's one of the whole point of company developer. I was a product design student. For 3d modelling, the standard is 3dMax, which is super intuitive to use, but obviously it's super expensive, so only big professional studio use them. I tried using Blender, which is an open source free 3d modeling program. The functionality is essentially the same, it's a program to make 3d computer graphic, I'm pretty sure a pro 3d artist proficient with Blender can make breath taking 3d CG as much as someone proficient with 3dMax. But the UI, oh god. Comparing it, if using 3dMax is like you're controlling a sculpting robot hand that's controlled by your two hand, using Blender is like you're controlling a sculpting robot hand with joysticks that can only be moved with your teeth and your left foot.
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2018-01-06, 06:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-01-06, 11:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
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Instead use stuff like Libre Office, Blender, GIMP, Audacity, Notepad++ and so onLast edited by Bohandas; 2018-01-06 at 11:43 AM.
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2018-01-06, 07:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
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2018-01-07, 02:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-01-07, 05:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
You can remap the keyboard shortcuts in Libre Office - Tools > Customise > Keyboard > Shortcut Keys, then assign whatever key you want to whatever operation. Assigning Clear Contents to the Delete key will give it the same functionality as Excel.
Your post reminded me to double check how I had my Calc setup and it's got the same functionality as Excel - I must have remapped it some time and forgot about it.
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2018-01-07, 06:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
Last edited by Fri; 2018-01-07 at 06:43 AM.
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2018-01-07, 08:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
If I can run Oblivion, Skyrim, Civ5 and half a dozen other games under Linux I'd be very interested in getting out from under Microsoft's thumb. It's why only reserve computers are running Win 10 here, but I don't believe I can yet, SteamOS was promising, but it seems to have died.
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2018-01-07, 11:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
I think they may have changed this in recent versions of Libreoffice--I have version 5.2 and I noticed the other day that Delete was doing the "Delete without notification" thing while Backspace did the "make sure all ticked" thing. This is not something I've ever changed, so I assume it's a change in the defaults.
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2018-01-07, 03:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
Oh no, MS Office is. But the near monopoly on business/personal laptop OS that Microsoft has means that they can safely assume that anyone who has Office also has Outlook. So they have the luxury of integrating Outlook into Office at a fairly deep level that other makes of office suites and email clients don't have.
Libre/Open can't make any assumptions about what email client you use, it could be Outlook or even some custom program that you wrote, so instead of trying to support integration with everything (or even just the top 5 or 10) they just call your default email program through the OS. With Office it can assume that you have Outlook, and probably even Windows, so when the Office and Outlook programs are being designed the programmers can tightly integrate them. In fact I don't know if Office supports integration with anything but Outlook.
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2018-01-07, 04:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
The problem is, you're viewing Outlook as just an e-mail client. It really isn't--in fact, it's rather average as e-mail clients go. It's the calendar and meeting request functionality in Outlook that makes it a good fit for an office application, and that's what there is no equivalent of in Libre/OpenOffice.
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2018-01-08, 02:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
Oh I've seen other email clients with calendars and appointments, they've existed for decades. They aren't even that hard to write, I'm doing one next month. It's just that Outlook is bundled with the other MS products and MS is essentially a monopoly in business situations. It's not that it's any better than or there are no alternatives, it's just sort of ubiquitious and people don't usually look for anything else if something 'good enough' is already in front of them.
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2018-01-08, 03:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why won't my computer(windows 10) stop trying to do some freaky update?
I was (reluctantly) using Outlook in 1998. Others, not so obviously present.
Outlook has been in some Office bundles, and not in others, since that time.
I did like that the Demon email client sat waiting and picked up email in the background, nothing since that I'm aware of has done that.Last edited by halfeye; 2018-01-08 at 03:28 PM.
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