I’ve switched from Windows XP to Debian Linux. So far so good; converted mail from Pegasus Mail to Thunderbird, and imported IE bookmarks to Firefox. Looking at the stuff I used to use on Windows, the main thing I’ll miss will be my trusty CorelDRAW, but I can either find the Linux version or give WINE a try… I’ve left a stub install of Windows anyway for those applications you just can’t get.
- John Breslin (nickname Cloud or Cloudie) is...
- Currently a lecturer in Electronic Engineering at NUI Galway and an associate researcher at DERI in the area of the Social Semantic Web.
- Also co-founder and director of boards.ie Ltd., Ireland's largest message board community (see the boards.ie Wikipedia article).
- Founder of the SIOC project (Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities; see the SIOC Wikipedia article).
- Also blogging at SocialMedia.net.
- Creator of WebCamp.
- Advisor to CrowdGather.
- Contactable at skype:johnbreslin or via Skype In / voicemail on +1-415-287-0222.
- This site contains John's personal opinions, unrelated to the views of his employer.
Twitter
- johnbreslin: @iia i'm not a member and don't know what usual channels are3/12/2008
- johnbreslin: @ndotnanda Cool! Send me an e-mail with interests and can fwd to the best people...3/12/2008
- johnbreslin: @iia Thanks - Maybe next year when I have some extra time it'd be cool to be in SMWG (new baby, job, house & book occupying me this month!)3/12/2008
- johnbreslin: @ndotnanda How do you mean? To attend DERI events or collaborate with DERI? Thanks!3/12/2008
- johnbreslin: At Tim Clark's talk about Semantic Web Applications in Neuromedicine at DERI, NUI Galway3/12/2008
- johnbreslin: What the F**K is Social Media (first time seeing this presentation): http://tinyurl.com/6eua6x3/12/2008
- johnbreslin: Reading about the @iia Social Media working group http://tinyurl.com/5sf2ba3/12/2008
- johnbreslin: @iia Looks very good - what about adding your tweets too? :) Or maybe something like LoudTwitter to push them to your blog?3/12/2008
- johnbreslin: Semantic Desktop Paves the Way for the Semantic Web ICT Results (EU): Excerpt from cordis.europa.eu/i.. http://tinyurl.com/64u4l63/12/2008
- johnbreslin: @Joi Congratulations to you and Mizuka!3/12/2008
Ooooh. I never new Thunderbird is able to import Pegasus Mail. Is this a built-in option ?
No it doesn’t, but conversion is straightforward if you use the mailconv tool for Windows, as you can export from Pegasus Mail to Netscape (same mailbox type as Thunderbird). There’s also a mailbox renamer utility that renames the Pegasus Mail-exported files to give them real names.
I’ve been trying this myself too… switching my laptop over to Knoppix… having a bit of trouble getting the internet connection up though
The GIMP could be a nice replacement for CorelDraw… there’s a sweet way to make GIMP into pretty much a Photoshop knock-off here http://codemills.com/blog/?p=4