Re: is anyone here using the new ubuntu, 11.10?

Robin Paulson <[email protected]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:26:50 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.org.user-groups.linux.new-zealand.general
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 On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:23:18 +1300, Nevyn wrote:
> Since when did you need character level formatting for documents?

 ok, fair point

> Okay - there's a place for presentation software. Should it not be 
> more ...

 <shudder>

> artsy and less word processor like? If you're using more than 5 words 
> on a
> slide, you're probably just writing up your speech cue cards which 
> were
> never meant to be seen.

 true. i do presentations using emacs anyway

> Desktop database.... yuck!

 oh, absolutely.

 maybe you're right, and it does need altering.

 --
 robin

 http://fu.ac.nz - Auckland's Free University

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