[Ham-Computers] Hardware suggestions for Linux system in theham shack

[Ronald KA4INM Youvan]

> These Linux discussions interest me. I am curious about a number of items
> that would concern me about switching. The items concern recovering my
> present windows data and program available, compatibility, with existing
> windows programs. These items include:

> Ability to recover and properly interpret files from:
> ..MS Outlook Express email files;
> ..MS Outlook Express address book;
> ....Internet Explorer favorites;
   Being an exclusively LINUX user since 1997 (I only worked
with winblows 3.11, I couldn't get it to work properly so
I upgraded to LINUX) I still have all of the old E-mail
messages I had from then, all are plain text.
   Addresses, if worst come to worst, range your address
book and past them into a message to your self and "take"
the addresses with your new client.

> ....word documents
> ....excel .xls files (presently all my ham radio logs).
   "Open Office" free from Sun Microsystems.

> Also are there reasonably priced:
> .... compilers for development in the C language;

   Part of the free development package gcc:
   (from the manual page)
------------------
NAME
        gcc - GNU project C and C++ compiler

SYNOPSIS
        gcc [-c|-S|-E] [-std=standard]
            [-g] [-pg] [-Olevel]
            [-Wwarn...] [-pedantic]
            [-Idir...] [-Ldir...]
            [-Dmacro[=defn]...] [-Umacro]
            [-foption...] [-mmachine-option...]
            [-o outfile] infile...
----------------
   And fortran compiler assembler and more.


> .... Ham logging programs;  ??

> .. replacements for MS;
> ... Word,
> ... Excel,

   Again  "Open Office" free from Sun Microsystems.

> ... Outlook Express,
> ... Internet Explorer,

   Netscape,  Mozilla, Galeon (browser only) many more.
-- 
        73 (= Best Regards) de: Ron ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com
     100% LINUX, since July, 1997   SENT Time and Date are UTC
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