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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.

Hardware devices
Device Release
iMac5,1 (end 2006)
Apple Desktop, Works perfectly
Mint (older version)
Macmini2,1 (mid 2007)
Apple Desktop, Works perfectly
Mint (older version)
Aspire 5750G (French model)
Acer Laptop or Netbook, Works perfectly
Mint (older version)
Aspire 7530G
Acer Laptop or Netbook, Works perfectly
Mint (older version)
MacBook Pro1,1 (2,0GHz, 2006)
Apple Laptop or Netbook, Works perfectly
Mint (older version)
Vaio VPCEA1S1E
Sony Laptop or Netbook, Works perfectly
Mint (older version)
DeskJet 2540
HP Printer/Scanner/Multifunction, Works perfectly
Mint (older version)
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