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Op 30-11-2011 17:58, ervaqre schreef:
>>> That's one of the things that drove me away from Windows. A while ago
>>> I had to use somebody's Windows laptop and I needed a very simple
>>> program just to be able to cut segments out of an mp3 file and save
>>> them as new mp3 files. Now I thought this would be easy to find, but
>>> all Google gave me was adware, shareware and so called freeware that
>>> was free but with limited functionality, i.e. no option to save your
>>> files. I'm sure there are free and fully functional programs out there
>>> that do what I need, but it's just too much effort to wade through all
>>> the crapware out there to find the good ones.
>>
>> Audacity with the lame dll file. Can convert to different formats aswell.
>
> Yes, I have known about Audacity for several years, but I have always
> hated it just because it looks like it was designed for retarded
> people. Most importantly though, it is an open source program that was
> designed principially for the Linux platform rather than Windows.

Works fine for me. Hey, wait a minute, retarded people???

>> I've used and liked several Linux versions. But for daily use on one
>> single machine, Windows still wins out. I've got everything running the
>> way I like it, e-mail, RSS feeds, podcasts. It took a while to get that
>> set up the way I like it. If you could copy all that over to Linux and
>> also pop one of those PC game CD's into a Linux machine and just have it
>> run, it would become an actual option.
>
> I actually do admit that for the first year of using Linux, I truly
> hated it. It took me a long time to get used to things just being
> different. But now that I have everything running exactly the way I
> want it to run, I wouldn't go back to Windows even if you would offer
> me 999 virgins. So perhaps it is a matter of getting used to what's
> available. PC game CD's however, do generally not run on Linux.

And that's why I always recommend Windows. Almost anything in the shops 
works on Windows, providing you've got the hardware for it. Easier than 
explaining why the computergame they just bought for their Apple won't 
work. Although Apple folk now mostly buy downloads it seems. It's been 
easily half a year since the last person asked me about games on an Apple.

>>> Actually, I also haven't been taking time to play computer games for
>>> several years now. Wonder why I still want a Playstation Vita. Perhaps
>>> I am easily influenced by marketing or perhaps it is because as a
>>> child I never had a Gameboy!
>>
>> I had several Nintendo Game And Watch thingies. Skipped The whole
>> NES/Gameboy time.
>
> That just shows how old you are, even though the current RRRRR still
> claims you are sixteen years old, but I will correct that in the
> upcoming and much anticipated issue.

Ah, good, so I'll stay 16 forever. I am the Immortal!!!

>>> I am pretty sure Star Wars is banned! I banned it myself. Star Trek is
>>> banned as well! Tsjakka!
>>>
>> Now that's something that *should* be banned: Tsjakka, my foot.
>
> TSJAKKAAAAAA!!!!!! HURG!!!!
>
Tent!

-- 
Danny.