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On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 12 May 2011 11:51:58 +0100 > Roland Tarver wrote: > >> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> > On 12/05/11 08:41, Roland Tarver wrote: >> >> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-kind-of-computer-chromebook.html >> >> >> >> What do folks think about this? (or are you trying not too ;-) ). >> >> >> >> Perhaps consider this from your perspective and that of a non-geek? >> > >> > Not off topic if it runs Free Software, and even in this case >> > GNU/Linux. >> >> I was not *absolutely* sure it did. Hence OT. >> >> > I think any attempt to: >> > Break the monopoly >> > Make life easier >> > >> > Is to be welcomed. >> >> Agreed. > > Seconded... or is that thirded by now? > >> > It'll certainly be on my list next time my sister says "I want a >> > computer, I want to do online banking and I'm considering Microsoft >> > Windows...." (she got a Mac Mini last time she said something list >> > this and it is still working fine). >> >> I know quite a few folks (my mum! would be a prime candidate) that it >> could be very handy for. >> >> It all sounds lovely, but - everything in "the cloud" :-s ??? Really? >> Although I have no evidence or experience to prove it (except the >> recent amazon outage) I just don't have a good gut "feeling" about all >> my data (or mums, etc) in "the cloud"? Do you? Do others? >> >> Best wishes >> roly :-) > > I try and work "in the cloud" as much as possible, although that is > mainly because I am forgetful, so keeping my documents on a portable > storage device would not really help me. Having said that, I have > found a fair number of formatting things that just don't work with > Google Docs yet, so I tend to use Libre/OpenOffice, upload the .od? > file to Google Docs (and unticking the box that says "convert to Google > Docs format document) and download it again at the other end... I am > currently looking for a good tool that allows me to access Google Docs > without having to mess around with their web interface. > > Grant. Thanks for that Grant. :-) Interesting... For how long have you been operating like this? And if/when you find a suitable tool please let me know which/what. I might have dabble with google docs..... ! roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq