@Purple Library Guy

the difference in what kind of elite is screwing everything up makes big changes in how they screw everything up.

In this we can agree.

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@Purple Library Guy

Revisionism? I was taught this in high school in social/political studies in the mid 1980s. I would be more inclined to believe that your view represents the revisionism. I even remember the teacher putting up a spectrum of Socialism showing Fascism at one end and Communism at the other. Presumably, social democracy was somewhere in the middle.

I should point out that I was talking about Fascism not Nazism. IMO, Nazism was a perversion of Fascism by a group of madmen. Not that this makes Fascism any better an option. That could, I suppose, also be said about Communism as well. In that case, the utopian wet-dream of Marxism, when implemented, became the reality of Communism which was later twisted by the horror of Stalinism.

and Nazi ideology was extremely anti-socialist

Obviously they weren't coming for the socialists and trade unionists because they themselves were socialists.

It is kind of naive to think that it is not possible for socialists to hate other types of socialists. Quoting the (admittedly profound) poem of a former Nazi supporter is hardly proof that the Nazis were not socialist.

Correct me if I'm wrong (FYI, I'm not) but isn't the proper name of the Nazi Party actually the National Socialist German Workers' Party? Wouldn't that contradict your assertion in and of itself?

All I was trying to point out that there are different kinds of socialism, just as there are different kinds of democracy, different kinds of feudalism, and different kinds of totalitarianism. On a very simplistic level, the primary difference between Fascism and Communism is the ownership of the resources and assets. Of course, one can find other differences if one chooses to dig further into the details.

I am not trying to engage in an argument here. I suspect you are younger than I. Your views are formed by the idealogies that influenced your education, as are mine. As, I suspect, would be the views of my father and grandfather, both of whom lived through WW2, the former as a child and the latter actively supporting the resistance to German occupation.

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I'm not going to comment on the particulars for either Ukraine or Russia. I just wanted to point out that there is little difference between Communism and Fascism (of which Nazism is an extreme example). Both are Socialist idealogies. When you get down to basics, both are totalitarian and oppressive in nature. In Communism, the resources are controlled by the State elite. In Fascism, the resources are controlled by the Capitalist/Private elite. Neither is better or worse than the other - they are both forms of Socialism.

@Linas
The Nazis are not entirely gone - although, the more extreme element may be. Those that remain have just redefined themselves and now call themselves globalists. Some do not even try to hide their Nazi connections. They still seek to impose their Fascist idealogies on rest of us.

Any way, that's just my two cents ...

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Very good. Thanks for this.

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@R Daneel Olivaw

Thank you for replying. My wife is a professional bookkeeper. She will not use web-based services nor will she recommend them to her clients. The data cannot be secured and backed up locally by her or by her clients. Access to their data and its long-term security is entirely at the mercy of Intuit and it's cloud storage. Intuit's attempts to force clients to QBO has been losing them a lot of customers.

Her focus is on trying to get QuickBooks Desktop run on Linux.

I passed on your recommendation of Wave for her reference. It seems counterintuitive, however, as the promotional material basically advocates doing business without the need of a bookkeeper.

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My wife would like to switch. She hates Windows. The only thing holding her back is QuickBooks, which she needs for her bookkeeping business. I haven't been able to determine if it will run flawlessly under Wine.

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Softmaker Office

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@grigi

I'm wondering if Office 2013 will run reliably and completely under Wine. I haven't tried Office-on-Wine in over a decade, I'd have to start at discovery again

From what I've been able to determine, yes it will. You may have to install the 32-bit version, though. I found this article from 2016:

How to Install Microsoft Office 2013 in Linux
https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-microsoft-office-in-linux/ [External Link]

The instructions will have to be adapted as PlayOnLinux isn't really much of a thing anymore. I haven't had the opportunity to test it yet.

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Well, no, I don't think this campaign is going to bring about a wholesale switch from Windows to Linux. It does, however, provide resources and a starting point for those who have decided to make the switch, whatever their reasons. So, yes, I do think the campaign is worthwhile.

My employer will not be replacing their hardware and they are in no rush to abandon Windows 10. Most of our business administration is managed through the cloud anyway, so as long as the browser can be kept current, we should be fine.

Near as I have been able to determine, most older versions of MS Office will run in Linux via Wine (2016 and down). As long as the activation servers are still operational, I imagine.

I have noticed inconsistencies with LibreOffice and MS Office files too.

The biggest concern I have encountered is reliable WiFi drivers in Linux for older hardware.

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Another new game that not only looks interesting but will also run on my laptop. I might check this one out too.

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