[linux-audio-user] Re: Is the Linux desktop really here ?

[Joseph Dell'Orfano]

Wow, way off topic, but all online banking functions can be done with
Mozilla (at least with my bank). Also, Moneydance is a Quicken type
program written in Java (i.e., runs on any and all platforms) and
Quicken runs under Crossover Office with online banking as well.

-Joe


On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 11:13, Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings:
> 
>   My thanks to everyone who replied to this subject. Lots of good ideas, 
> I'll definitely put some of them to use.
> 
>   Here a few more notes on what I plan to do :
> 
>         Red Hat (Fedora?) or Mandrake install
>         totally GUI for the user
>         Crossover stuff (thanks for the reminders!)
>        
>   And here's what they have for peripherals :
> 
>         a scanner, not sure what kind
>         an HP printer (610C ? 810C ? I'll find out later... )
> 
>   Things they need to do include :
> 
>         Web browsing
>         print from Web (color, b&w)
>         on-line banking via Web browser (I'm afraid IE may be required, 
> don't know though)
>         print from file manager (color, b&w)
>         operate scanner
>         basic image editing
> 
>   Their net connection is DSL through SBC/Yahoo. I don't expect problems 
> with that, I had the same connectivity at my old
> apartment, no problems with various Linux distros.
> 
>   They don't have games installed, they don't really run any apps beyond 
> the browser. My only concern is wrt the on-line
> banking requirements. Does anyone here do on-line banking via a Linux 
> browser ?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> == dp
> 
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