From c33dfc97c951722ea2a7e8e1ac3ef7eaa2be1cbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: darksun Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:27:48 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] remove www.ectnews.com --- .../20171114 Take Linux and Run With It.md | 68 --------- ...Is a Solid Microsoft Office Alternative.md | 138 ------------------ 2 files changed, 206 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 sources/tech/20171114 Take Linux and Run With It.md delete mode 100644 sources/tech/20171227 SoftMaker for Linux Is a Solid Microsoft Office Alternative.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20171114 Take Linux and Run With It.md b/sources/tech/20171114 Take Linux and Run With It.md deleted file mode 100644 index b7b6cb9663..0000000000 --- a/sources/tech/20171114 Take Linux and Run With It.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,68 +0,0 @@ -Take Linux and Run With It -============================================================ - -![](https://www.linuxinsider.com/article_images/story_graphics_xlarge/xl-2016-linux-1.jpg) - -![](https://www.linuxinsider.com/images/2015/image-credit-adobe-stock_130x15.gif) - - -"How do you run an operating system?" may seem like a simple question, since most of us are accustomed to turning on our computers and seeing our system spin up. However, this common model is only one way of running an operating system. As one of Linux's greatest strengths is versatility, Linux offers the most methods and environments for running it. - -To unleash the full power of Linux, and maybe even find a use for it you hadn't thought of, consider some less conventional ways of running it -- specifically, ones that don't even require installation on a computer's hard drive. - -### We'll Do It Live! - -Live-booting is a surprisingly useful and popular way to get the full Linux experience on the fly. While hard drives are where OSes reside most of the time, they actually can be installed to most major storage media, including CDs, DVDs and USB flash drives. - -When an OS is installed to some device other than a computer's onboard hard drive and subsequently booted instead of that onboard drive, it's called "live-booting" or running a "live session." - -At boot time, the user simply selects an external storage source for the hardware to look for boot information. If found, the computer follows the external device's boot instructions, essentially ignoring the onboard drive until the next time the user boots normally. Optical media are increasingly rare these days, so by far the most typical form that an external OS-carrying device takes is a USB stick. - -Most mainstream Linux distributions offer a way to run a live session as a way of trying them out. The live session doesn't save any user activity, and the OS resets to the clean default state after every shutdown. - -Live Linux sessions can be used for more than testing a distro, though. One application is for executing system repair for critically malfunctioning onboard (usually also Linux) systems. If an update or configuration made the onboard system unbootable, a full system backup is required, or the hard drive has sustained serious file corruption, the only recourse is to start up a live system and perform maintenance on the onboard drive. - -In these and similar scenarios, the onboard drive cannot be manipulated or corrected while also keeping the system stored on it running, so a live system takes on those burdens instead, leaving all but the problematic files on the onboard drive at rest. - -Live sessions also are perfectly suited for handling sensitive information. If you don't want a computer to retain any trace of the operations executed or information handled on it, especially if you are using hardware you can't vouch for -- like a public library or hotel business center computer -- a live session will provide you all the desktop computing functions to complete your task while retaining no trace of your session once you're finished. This is great for doing online banking or password input that you don't want a computer to remember. - -### Linux Virtually Anywhere - -Another approach for implementing Linux for more on-demand purposes is to run a virtual machine on another host OS. A virtual machine, or VM, is essentially a small computer running inside another computer and contained in a single large file. - -To run a VM, users simply install a hypervisor program (a kind of launcher for the VM), select a downloaded Linux OS image file (usually ending with a ".iso" file extension), and walk through the setup process. - -Most of the settings can be left at their defaults, but the key ones to configure are the amount of RAM and hard drive storage to lease to the VM. Fortunately, since Linux has a light footprint, you don't have to set these very high: 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage should be plenty for the VM while still letting your host OS thrive. - -So what does this offer that a live system doesn't? First, whereas live systems are ephemeral, VMs can retain the data stored on them. This is great if you want to set up your Linux VM for a special use case, like software development or even security. - -When used for development, a Linux VM gives you the solid foundation of Linux's programming language suites and coding tools, and it lets you save your projects right in the VM to keep everything organized. - -If security is your goal, Linux VMs allow you to impose an extra layer between a potential hazard and your system. If you do your browsing from the VM, a malicious program would have to compromise not only your virtual Linux system, but also the hypervisor -- and  _then_ your host OS, a technical feat beyond all but the most skilled and determined adversaries. - -Second, you can start up your VM on demand from your host system, without having to power it down and start it up again as you would have to with a live session. When you need it, you can quickly bring up the VM, and when you're finished, you just shut it down and go back to what you were doing before. - -Your host system continues running normally while the VM is on, so you can attend to tasks simultaneously in each system. - -### Look Ma, No Installation! - -Just as there is no one form that Linux takes, there's also no one way to run it. Hopefully, this brief primer on the kinds of systems you can run has given you some ideas to expand your use models. - -The best part is that if you're not sure how these can help, live booting and virtual machines don't hurt to try!  -![](https://www.ectnews.com/images/end-enn.gif) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -via: https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Take-Linux-and-Run-With-It-84951.html - -作者：[ Jonathan Terrasi ][a] -译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) -校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) - -本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 - -[a]:https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Take-Linux-and-Run-With-It-84951.html#searchbyline -[1]:https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Take-Linux-and-Run-With-It-84951.html# -[2]:https://www.linuxinsider.com/perl/mailit/?id=84951 -[3]:https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Take-Linux-and-Run-With-It-84951.html -[4]:https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Take-Linux-and-Run-With-It-84951.html diff --git a/sources/tech/20171227 SoftMaker for Linux Is a Solid Microsoft Office Alternative.md b/sources/tech/20171227 SoftMaker for Linux Is a Solid Microsoft Office Alternative.md deleted file mode 100644 index 6d00745e7d..0000000000 --- a/sources/tech/20171227 SoftMaker for Linux Is a Solid Microsoft Office Alternative.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,138 +0,0 @@ -SoftMaker for Linux Is a Solid Microsoft Office Alternative -====== -![](https://www.linuxinsider.com/article_images/story_graphics_xlarge/xl-2017-softmaker-office-2018-1.jpg) - - -[SoftMaker Office][6] could be a first-class professional-strength replacement for Microsoft Office on the Linux desktop. - -The Linux OS has its share of lightweight word processors and a few nearly worthy standalone spreadsheet apps, but very few high-end integrated office suites exist for Linux users. Generally, Linux office suites lack a really solid slide presentation creation tool. - -![PlanMaker Presentations][7] - -PlanMaker Presentations is a near-perfect Microsoft Powerpoint clone. - -Most Linux users opt for [LibreOffice][9] -- or maybe the withering [OpenOffice][10] -- or online subscriptions to Microsoft Office through Web browser apps. - -However, high-performing options for Linux office suites exist. The SoftMaker office suite product line is one such contender to replace Microsoft Office. - -The latest beta release of SoftMaker Office 2018 is fully compatible with Microsoft Office. It offers a completely redesigned user interface that allows users to work with either classic or ribbon menus. - -![SoftMaker UI Panel][11] - -On first use, you choose the user interface you prefer. You can change your default option at any time from the UI Panel in Settings. - -SoftMaker offers a complete line of free and paid office suite products that run on Android devices, Linux distros, and Windows or macOS PCs. - -![][12] - -### Rethinking Options - -The beta version of this commercial Linux office suite is free. When the final version is released, two Linux commercial versions will be available. The licenses for both let you run SoftMaker Office on five computers. It will be priced at US$69.95, or $99.95 if you want a few dictionary add-on tools included. - -Check out the free beta of the commercial version. A completely free open source-licensed version called "SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018," will be available soon. Switching is seamless. The FreeOffice line is distributed under the Mozilla Public License. - -The FreeOffice 2018 release will have the same ribbon interface option as SoftMaker Office 2018. The exact feature list is not finalized yet, according to Sales Manager Jordan Popov. Both the free and the paid versions will contain fully functional TextMaker, PlanMaker, and Presentations, just like the paid Linux SoftMaker Office 2018 release. The Linux edition has the Thunderbird email management client. - -When I reviewed SoftMaker FreeOffice 2016 and SoftMaker Office 2016, I found the paid and free versions to be almost identical in functionality and features. So opting for the free versus paid versions of the 2018 office suites might be a no-brainer. - -The value here is that the free open source and both commercial versions of the 2018 releases are true 64-bit products. Previous releases required some 32-bit dependencies to run on 64-bit architecture. - -### First Look Impressive - -The free version (FreeOffice 2018 for Linux) is not yet available for review. SoftMaker expects to release FreeOffice 2018 for Linux it at the end of the first quarter of 2018. - -So I took the free beta release of Office 2018 for a spin to check out the performance of the ribbon user interface. Its performance was impressive. - -I regularly use the latest version of LibreOffice and earlier versions of FreeOffice. Their user interfaces mimic standard drop-down menus. - -It took me some time to gegt used to the ribbon menu, since I was unfamiliar with using it on Microsoft Office, but I came to like it. - -### How It Works - -The process is a bit different than scrolling down drop-down menus. You click on a category in the toolbar row at the top of the application window and then scan across the lateral display of boxed lists of functions. - -The lateral array of clickable menu choices changes with each toolbar category selected. Once I learned what was where, my appreciation for the "ribbon effect" grew. - -![TextMaker screen shot][13] - -The ribbon interface gives users a different look and feel when creating or editing documents on the Linux desktop. - -The labels are: File, Home, Insert, Layout, References, Mailings, Review and View. Click the action you want and instantly see it applied. There are no cascading menus. - -At first, I did not like not having any customizations available for things like often-used actions. Then I right-clicked on an item in the ribbon and discovered a pop-up menu. - -This provides a way to customize a Quick Action Bar, customize the ribbon display choices, and show the Quick Action toolbar as a separate toolbar. That prompted me to sit up straight and dig in with eyes wide open. - -### Great User Experience - -I process a significant number of graphics-heavy documents each week that are produced with Microsoft Office. I edit many of these documents and create many more. - -Much of my work goes to users of Microsoft Office. LibreOffice and SoftMaker Office applications have little to no trouble handling native Microsoft file formats such as DOCX, XLSX and PPTX. - -LibreOffice formatting -- both on screen and printed versions -- are well-done most times. SoftMaker's document renderings are even more exact. - -The beta release of SoftMaker Office 2018 for Linux is even better. Especially with SoftMaker Office 2018, I can exchange files directly with Microsoft Office users without conversion. This obviates the need to import or export documents. - -Given the nearly indistinguishable performance between previous paid and free versions of SoftMaker products, it seems safe to expect the same type of performance from FreeOffice 2018 when it arrives. - -### Expanding Office Reach - -SoftOffice products can give you a complete cross-platform continuity for your office suite needs. - -Four Android editions are available: - - * SoftMaker Office Mobile is the paid or commercial version for Android phones. You can find it in Google Play as TextMaker Mobile, PlanMaker Mobile and Presentations Mobile. - * SoftMaker FreeOffice Mobile is the free version for Android phones. You can find it in Google Play as the FREE OFFICE version of TextMaker Mobile, PlanMaker Mobile, Presentations Mobile. - * SoftMaker Office HD is the paid or commercial version for Android tablets. You can find it in Google Play as TextMaker HD, PlanMaker HD and Presentations HD. - * SoftMaker Office HD Basic is the free version for Android tablets. You can find it in Google Play as TextMaker HD Basic, PlanMaker HD Basic and Presentations HD Basic. - - - -Also available are TextMaker HD Trial, PlanMaker HD Trial and Presentations HD Trial in Google Play. These apps work only for 30 days but have all the features of the full version (Office HD). - -### Bottom Line - -The easy access to the free download of SoftMaker Office 2018 gives you nothing to lose in checking out its suitability as a Microsoft Office replacement. If you decide to upgrade to the paid Linux release, you will pay $69.95 for a proprietary license. That is the same price as the Home and Student editions of Microsoft Office 365. - -If you opt for the free open source version, FreeOffice 2018, when it is released, you still could have a top-of-the-line alternative to other Linux tools that play well with Microsoft Office. - -Download the [SoftMaker Office 2018 beta][15]. - -### Want to Suggest a Review? - -Is there a Linux software application or distro you'd like to suggest for review? Something you love or would like to get to know? Please [email your ideas to me][16], and I'll consider them for a future Linux Picks and Pans column. And use the Reader Comments feature below to provide your input! ![][17] - -### about the author - -![][18] **Jack M. Germain** has been an ECT News Network reporter since 2003. His main areas of focus are enterprise IT, Linux and open source technologies. He has written numerous reviews of Linux distros and other open source software. 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