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General Software Discussion / data organizer

« Last post by kalos on October 02, 2012, 04:40 PM »

hello!

I want to be able to organize data, like text, files, graphics, create tables, etc, basically collect data from various sources and combine them to research them

is there a software that can do this?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / best online personal organizer

« Last post by kalos on October 02, 2012, 04:38 PM »

hello!

which is the best and with most features online personal organizer ?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / extract data from pdf

« Last post by kalos on October 02, 2012, 04:37 PM »

hello!

pdf manipulation is really cumbersome, but I really need to do the following:

- identify text blocks (editable or not), tables, photos, etc (draw a rectangular around them)
- extract them in their original size (for photos) or take a screenshot of them in the best possible resolution

how can I do these?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / which is the proven fastest way to search for and find a file ?

« Last post by kalos on October 01, 2012, 06:39 PM »

hello!

which is the proven fastest way to search for and find a file ?

thanks!

1030

General Software Discussion / Re: xkill

« Last post by kalos on September 27, 2012, 07:04 PM »

thanks!

does it try to close (forcely) the window, or it kills its parent process?

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General Software Discussion / xkill

« Last post by kalos on September 27, 2012, 02:53 PM »

hello!

I really like xkill command in linux

is there an winxp/win7 alternative?

I want to just click the window and kill its process!

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: calculate distance from coordinates

« Last post by kalos on September 19, 2012, 05:58 PM »

very nice indeed, thanks!

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General Software Discussion / calculate distance from coordinates

« Last post by kalos on September 19, 2012, 07:28 AM »

hello!

is there an online tool, where I can enter the three dimension coordinates of two points and get the distance between those two points?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: What went wrong with Linux on the Desktop

« Last post by kalos on September 14, 2012, 10:00 AM »

I am trying to re-get acquainted with latest linux (due to some ankyloses at work)

does that pain to install a single app still exists? compiling, getting dependencies, etc?

I hoped that it would become someday easy to install software in linux, like in winxp, but I saw so many people in the linux community that seemed they were excited with such long install procedures, so I gave up

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General Software Discussion / Re: instant linux on winxp

« Last post by kalos on September 13, 2012, 04:42 PM »

VMWare and such are very slow

my solution would be to utilize live cd's, but without running them from a cd player, which makes them sluggish

is there a virtual cd player that can load a live cd?

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General Software Discussion / Re: instant linux on winxp

« Last post by kalos on September 07, 2012, 03:45 PM »

well, i installed  "Puppy Linux 528.exe", which is supposed to be a linux installer in winxp

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General Software Discussion / Re: instant linux on winxp

« Last post by kalos on September 06, 2012, 06:53 PM »

I installed Puppy Linux and it offers to reboot my system :/

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General Software Discussion / Re: instant linux on winxp

« Last post by kalos on September 05, 2012, 11:39 AM »

I'm surprised QemuPuppy didn't work for you.

It's been awhile since I tried it but it is the most thought free Linux OS I've ever tried.

No knowledge required. Not even what resources to cut when a virtualized window is open. Just copy paste to usb and click like a regular portable app.

-Paul Keith (September 05, 2012, 09:16 AM)

it sounds very nice

however I need ubuntu
basically, I wont to run some linux programs, which I know they run in ubuntu
if I can be sure they will run the same way in QemuPuppy, it would be fine!

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General Software Discussion / Re: instant linux on winxp

« Last post by kalos on September 04, 2012, 05:39 PM »

I tried that, but it wants me to have at least 20GB free, which I dont :/

-kalos (September 04, 2012, 04:05 PM)

Just because it says it wants 20GB doesn't mean you have to give it 20GB.  Did you try it with a smaller amount?

-skwire (September 04, 2012, 05:20 PM)

but I can only give it 1GB, will it work?

@40hz
thanks for the great info! btw, is there a ready to deploy usb ubuntu image file to just extract it to a usb and make it work?
UPDATE: unfortunately this requires me to boot from USB stick
isnt there a way to have it in a usb stick and run it from there while I am on winxp?

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General Software Discussion / Re: instant linux on winxp

« Last post by kalos on September 04, 2012, 04:05 PM »

I tried that, but it wants me to have at least 20GB free, which I dont :/

is there any other solution for instant linux on winxp?

maybe an online linux?

or a usb live linux? (since I dont have CD player)

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General Software Discussion / Re: instant linux on winxp

« Last post by kalos on September 03, 2012, 04:24 PM »

I downloaded the VMWare Player (free)
what do I do next to have an ubuntu (preferably xfce)?

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General Software Discussion / Re: remote ubuntu

« Last post by kalos on September 02, 2012, 10:57 PM »

Can i hide it, even from admin?

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General Software Discussion / instant linux on winxp

« Last post by kalos on September 02, 2012, 08:48 PM »

hello!

I want to have a linux OS on my winxp, without a boot live cd or something, just as I run a portable app or it would still be ok if I have to install it

it must be 100% functional and I should be able to install and work with any linux app

any hint?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / remote ubuntu

« Last post by kalos on September 02, 2012, 08:46 PM »

hello!

at lab, there is an ubuntu pc that many people use
I am logged in and when I physically leave, I just lock the screen (that means I am still logged in, right?)

the question is, can I have access to that pc from my home pc?
preferably without anyone can see it

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / the most lightweight pdf editor

« Last post by kalos on September 02, 2012, 05:43 PM »

hello!

which is the most lightweight pdf editor?

thanks!

1046

General Software Discussion / learning programming

« Last post by kalos on August 31, 2012, 06:35 PM »

hello!

I have difficulties learning programming, although I have written various autohotkey scripts myself

just now, I found this website:

http://www.programmingbasics.org/
http://www.programmi.../gettingstarted.html

I think it is what I was needing! it is brilliant and excellent!

it explains programming without any prerequisites

my question is: is it complete/enough? are there any general programming concepts not been covered?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: xpdf, pdftk, etc

« Last post by kalos on August 26, 2012, 04:16 PM »

an addition to the list:

qpdf

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General Software Discussion / Re: programming language for math

« Last post by kalos on August 21, 2012, 04:41 PM »

http://www.giveawayo...oronix-math-toolbox/

-Curt (August 21, 2012, 07:39 AM)

this is great, thanks!

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General Software Discussion / xpdf, pdftk, etc

« Last post by kalos on August 20, 2012, 12:24 PM »

hello!

manipulating pdf has always been a hard work for me, mainly because of lack of tools
now, I can do alot of things with these:

xpdf
pdftk

can you help me complete this list with other useful free cmd/gui pdf tools?

also, which are the best xpdf and pdftk gui versions?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: fast research

« Last post by kalos on August 18, 2012, 05:35 PM »

for me all links work :/