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On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 19:01:28 +0100 bad apple <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/07/15 17:29, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > >> Time to pirate a copy of Windows and register for your free > >> legitimate upgrade to Win10 on July 29th then obviously. > > > Why would I do that? I have no interest in anything to do with > > Windows any more. I went along with DOS and then Windows until 1999 > > and then moved over to early versions of Linux and haven't touched > > Windows since. Being retired I have no need to and no wish to. > > Curiosity? Seriously, what do you have to lose? You might really like > it. You might as well say I've never had pasta aribiatta before, why > should I bother trying it? The difference being that I *have* used Windows in the past. I have never tried that pasta. I know you're perfectly happy with Linux > and more power to you for it, but there's no harm in trying different > things. Even if it's in the same "know your enemy" sense I do it in. > Register for the completely free Windows Insider program, download an > ISO and spin up a VM. Never heard of the insider program. Will look into it. Since you mention a VM, FYI there is a new version of VBox out, v 5, which has some good reviews. If you have version 4 already it must be removed first since the new version is not compatible and will not install. > > Using Windows at work is definitely not an indicator of ability :[ > No, indeed. My daughter is pretty good though. > In case you fancy trying it out, here are the instructions for running > the excellent Irfanview freeware tool on Linux. This is on a Ubuntu > 14.04 LTS system so pretty much the same as yours I believe, minus the > XFCE. This will work with simple c/p. > > 1: get the iview438_setup.exe from irfanview.com > 2: unrar it > 3: install proper wine setup > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipelight/stable > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install --install-recommends wine-staging > sudo apt-get install wine-staging-amd64 > > 4: install prereq: > > winetricks mfc42 > > 5: install the program: > > wine iview438_setup.exe > > 6: click click click > 7: profit > > It'll even drop a program shortcut on your desktop so you can just > drag and drop files to it, wine will take care of the rest. To get > back to the original topic, once all that is done you just hit > CTRL+R or go to Image > Resize in the menu. All scriptable and > capable of automation if required. > > Added bonus: you now have a functional wine prefix for anything else > you can think to use it for. Trust me, there are a LOT of things you > might want a functional wine prefix for. Can't be bad to have one eh? > Thanks, I have printed off a copy of that for future use. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq