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Germany

think different - not old school

Mac Poweruser, certified supporter for the DTP branch

Apple user since 1984

Apple Newton application programming (long time ago...)

some Translations  made for KaOS ; en -> de

some other crazy projects

 

OS using:

Main:        Mac OS   _  all releases

Second:    Mint Cinnamon user since release of Qiana; Rebecca, Rafaela

Third:       Fedora with KDE Plasma

 

GUI (DE) using:

Darwin/Finder

Cinnamon

KDE Plasma

 

Hardware using:

several Apple Hardware; PowerPC, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2Duo,

Acer Aspire with AMD 64,

Acer Aspire with Intel i5,

Sony Vaio with Intel i3,

Volks Tablet - Android Tablet with 3G.

 

Projects which I support through donations and other actions:

Linux Mint

Mozilla Project

 

Additional information: Do not like Microsoft at all.

Software reviews
Software Score
mailnag
"Works fine on 20.3 Una Ci, even with Gmail and iCloud accounts. (For the complaints below: RTFM !!!)"
4
bleachbit
"Dangerous ! If you are not any experienced with LinuX - leave it alone and play with something else !!!"
3
docky
"actually a nice and slim dock for Linux - if you want more, then get Cairo Dock..."
5
keurocalc
"could be more up to date ..."
2
font-manager
"A must have, if you use your computer in a serious way."
4
cups-pdf
"PDF Printer with common options, good stuff"
4
photoprint
"A must have - if you do not want to use a Layout Application just for a print of your images, works very well and fast; easy to use"
4
tmfs
"sounds good, will give it a spin ... report later"
4
afpfs-ng-utils
"outdatet; this protocol was already implemented in Cinnamon 17"
2
afpfs-ng
"outdatet; this protocol was already implemented in Cinnamon 17"
2
hfsplus
"outdatet; this protocol was already implemented in Cinnamon 17"
2
crystalcursors
"They are nice - not really awesome but nice"
4
system-config-samba
"also a must have and easy to understand"
5
k3b
"ok, ok - there is nothing better for Linux at all (probably not only for Linux)"
5
mail-notification
"This is all you need when you want to be notified when new eMails arrives- even if you are using several eMail accounts with different protocols; IMAP, POP3, Gmail, Yahoo, Evolution, Hotmail and Systemmailbox works out of the box. Version 5.4 works perfect on Ci Rafaela now, even with several eMail accounts at once: Highly recommended."
5
ksnapshot
"sweet, also on Cinnamon"
4
brasero
"for normal use perfect"
4
openbox
"too plain for a modern computer user"
3
banshee
"good - has a rich choice of hidden useful features"
4
nemo
"has grown up, but still Dolphin is more powerful"
4
nemo-terminal
"also good to learn terminal commands..."
4
cowsay
"would has been better to leave it away - wtf - why installed by default ! can NOT remove: these packages will be removed: mint-meta-cinnamon, ubuntu-system-adjustments, mint-artwork-common, mint-meta-core, mintsystem, mint-artwork-gnome. great..."
1
fortune-mod
"crap. and installed by default. wtf...."
1
digikam
"runs also on Cinnamon, btw , best ever. But for people with less knowledge/interest in photography, it might be too much"
5
dvd95
"( lol )"
5
digikam-data
"obligatory"
5
printer-driver-gutenprint
"best ever. great job"
5
vlc
"VLC. what else."
5
dragonplayer
"runs buggy with mp4 at all. not so good."
2
totem
"quick & easy simple player, not too memory-hungry. if you want more, take your vlc and blow it up with extensions. period."
4
transmission-common
"not awesome, but does the job well - without bugs"
5
firefox-locale-de
"super"
5
pppoeconf
"must have"
4
pppoe
"must have"
4
cups-ppdc
"People seems not to know, how much they rely on it . Best printing system ever !"
5
ntpdate
"as long you can get online instantly = a must have"
5
cups
"what would you do without it .... pen&paper;"
5
kmail
"well, not bad - for long term kde users - not my preference"
4
thunderbird-locale-de
"Perfekt - man sollte wirklich über spenden nachdenken ..."
5
konversation
"am missing Limechat sooo much :-("
3
adobe-flashplugin
"ya, ya - flash ..."
4
scribus
"a bit complicated to deal with the menus/options - but for sure - the best you can get for Linux..."
4
skype
"becoming more commercial and spying with every release :-("
3
thunderbird
"with the right addons attached - the most powerful eMail/contcts/calendar - client I have ever seen"
5
gimp
"a bit hard to control, when you come from Photoshop; CMYK support is crap, but nothing else to use on Linux, so ..."
4
firefox
"Firefox - whatelse :-)"
4
gufw
"could be better, but its better than nothing..."
3
ppp
"notebook with MoDem - no PPP ? a must have !"
4
aptitude
"when all went wrong - you will love it ..."
4
mintwelcome
"missing/dead link for German tutorial, and the "ideas" link has to go finally !"
1
mint-artwork-common
"useless and not any special"
1
apt
"who wants to live without ..."
5
ntfs-config
"works fine, but no configuration options"
3
alien
"mhm, sweet"
4
rootactions-servicemenu
"A must have !"
5
dolphin
"Best Filemanager yet, but the older version with Millers Columns view was the best - bring it back !"
4
worldofgoodemo
"a bit childish..."
3
network-manager-gnome
"outdatet"
2
midori
"quick & non-buggy; but flash :-("
4
mintmenu
"na ya... "
3
guake
"mhmmm really ? the taskbar is doing better (for me so far)"
2
gnome-commander
"naaaaaaaaaaaaa :-("
2
gespeaker
"cool"
4