linux beivrit

[Raz]

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Ori Idan <ori at helicontech.co.il> wrote:

> Thank you very much for converting it to an open format.
> I have read the first part and find it written very easy to read, I liked
> it and will continue to read the rest.
> However in the first paragraph you said that someone coming from Windows
> will have the filling of going back in time, I don't understand why?
> Any time I see a Windows machine, I have a filling of going back in time,
> the graphical user interface of all popular distributions today is much more
> advanced then Windows so I do not understand why this is going back in time?
>
fixed.

> As for CLI, I think it should be rephrased (I will think how later) to show
> that this is a very advanced interface and people should not be afraid of
> it.
>
I am still waiting...

> --
> Ori Idan
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Raz <raziebe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> anyone interested odt format are uploaded to site. odt ,pdf and doc.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Elazar Leibovich <elazarl at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > And I totally forgot.
>> > It's kind of funny, but in the last OS course of the Open University
>> (which
>> > is of course taught using Linux), the student were forced to use ".doc"
>> > format for their "theoretical" answers!
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Elazar Leibovich <elazarl at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> In fact I'm having difficulties to find reviewers for my ".odt" files!
>> >> I'm not aware of any public service provider nor university in Israel
>> >> which accepts open document format in principle.
>> >> But I'll be glad to be proven wrong. (It might be that a specific
>> grader
>> >> at your university accepts documents at ".odt" format, but in general
>> the
>> >> university does not support this format, as opposed to ".doc" format
>> which
>> >> is "officially" supported).
>> >> But OpenOffice is capable of saving documents in the propriety ".doc"
>> >> format, which is the de facto standard in Israel. And you can have your
>> work
>> >> reviewed that way.
>> >> Another option is to print it to PDF, but it's rather clumsy, because
>> the
>> >> reviewer cannot edit directly your document.
>> >>
>> >> 2010/7/5 Ori Idan <ori at helicontech.co.il>
>> >>>
>> >>> So you decided to write in docx format and you expect people to review
>> >>> your work?
>> >>> I did not even looked at it because of the format.
>> >>> If you write it in OpenOffice even if it does not look the best,
>> people
>> >>> may help you.
>> >>> The issue of how it looks can be fixed later.
>> >>> You may even work with simple text file to begin and later on transfer
>> it
>> >>> to a good word processor to do the formatting.
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Ori Idan
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Raz <raziebe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hey Nadav
>> >>>> When i started i tried to work with open office in Hebrew, but i
>> >>>> simply spent too much time
>> >>>> trying to fix things, indentation, merging pictures and so on.
>> >>>> also, how can ask for people to send me their comments ? I did not
>> see
>> >>>> track changes.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Nadav Har'El <
>> nyh at math.technion.ac.il>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>> > On Mon, Jul 05, 2010, Raz wrote about "Re: linux beivrit":
>> >>>> >> > Open office would have been a much better choice (or lyx, or
>> latex
>> >>>> >> > or a few
>> >>>> >> > others)
>> >>>> >> I tried open format. does not look good at all.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Hi,
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > A lot of things can be said against Open Office (although I
>> personally
>> >>>> > disagree with most of them), but I don't see how you can say its
>> >>>> > output
>> >>>> > (I assume you don't mean its UI) doesn't look good. What didn't you
>> >>>> > like?
>> >>>> > The fonts? The default style or layout? Or what?
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > In my experience, you can create beautiful documents in Open
>> Office,
>> >>>> > and it's
>> >>>> > not harder to do so than with with Microsoft Office, so I wonder
>> >>>> > whater
>> >>>> > problems you are referring to.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Anyway, it's probably too late now for this document (converting
>> >>>> > formats
>> >>>> > is a harder issue), but it's something to think about for your next
>> >>>> > document :-)
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > --
>> >>>> > Nadav Har'El                        |      Monday, Jul  5 2010, 23
>> >>>> > Tammuz 5770
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