V85

Please contact me on the Norwegian Wikipedia.

Your sandbox on this wikipedia?

Sorry for not following your simple instruction, above.

I do not expect to open any account from my internet connection today. Do you have a sandbox on this wikipedia, where I can place a translation of 4 paragraphs (from an article on this wikipedia).

In such a sandbox, I would want to put text such as this:

• "De 91 731 dokumentene relaterer til tida fra januar 2004 til desember 2009."

(The logs consist of 91,731 documents, covering the period between January 2004 and December 2009.)

• De fleste av dokumentene var gradert ("secret"), hvilket hevdes å være en "relativt lav gradering", i følge avisen The New York Times.

Most of the documents were classified as "secret", which The New York Times called "a relatively low level of classification".< —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.196.74.30 (talk) 08:47, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

The reference in the English article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/world/26editors-note.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.196.74.30 (talk) 08:50, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

And please excuse this my imposition on your page. But this project (wikipedia) is probably more important than a few ruffled feathers. 85.196.74.30 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 08:38, 7 August 2010 (UTC).

Lakota langauge

Hello, V85. I partially rolled back your recent edit to Lakota language, restoring the chart to IPA orthography. I did remove the suggestion that "‹n› is unambiguous and simplest", but since changes to orthography on this page have been controversial in the past, I thought it best to discuss changing the chart at Talk:Lakota language before making any change. Happy editing, Cnilep (talk) 01:18, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Ok... Actually, all I did was add an interwiki liknk to the Norwegian Wikipedia. The edit you're referring to was made by another user. V85 (talk) 16:22, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

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Jawi language

Hi there. Nice to meet you :D

Last time, you have asked about vowels in Jawi script. I have replied it for you, because I am a Malay and a Bruneian, and I have knowledge about the script. [See here] Muhammad Mukhriz (talk) 00:29, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello! Nice to meet you too. Thanks for the informative answer. (I had forgotten that I'd asked that question.) V85 (talk) 17:22, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

German

You wrote:

This then begs the question of what is meant by 'Germanic'. As Mike pointed out, Hochdeutsch seems to prefer a different construction.

Lest confusion reign, may I point out here (in case you're not still reading the thread) a simple fact: "Cucumber Mike" got his facts wrong. The "construction" used in, e.g., "Du kommst mit" is not syntactically different from the one I originally asked about nor from the Norwegian phrases that he cites. Michael Hardy (talk) 18:38, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

As I don't speak German, I have to rely on what other people write. In the end, I think it's difficult to pinpoint exactly where this expression comes from, but it seems like we have managed to agree on a general origin. V85 (talk) 12:54, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

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Regarding "Reference_desk/Computing#DOS_operating_system"

I came across your query at #DOS_operating_system and am replying here as this likely qualifies as a "tangent". But I think it's relevant to the 'spirit' of your inquiry if not directly responsive to the letter of your question.

Your goal seems to be to acquire a laptop and this may help. Check out the article Live CD. A Linux based live CD/DVD would allow you to test the features (including the mouse/touchpad) of the laptops regardless of whether they have any operating system installed at all.

Linux Mint is well supported and friendly to new users. I'd recomend the XFCE edition to start with as it's interface (GUI) will have some basic similarities to what you've likely used in the past (Win/Mac). Also the XFCE version will run well on older, as well as more recent, computers.

Here's a link to the official (free) download...

Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" - Xfce (32-bit)

You'll likely want to browse the rest of the site a bit from there as well ('Home', 'About', etc.).

After testing from CD/DVD disc in 'live' mode you may decide to then go ahead and install it to hard drive as your main OS if you like (or not). Install something else if you prefer. It's up to you as the live disc makes no lasting changes to the host computer unless specifically instructed to do so. It can be removed and the computer will restart the same as before. Into DOS for instance, if that's what's pre-installed.

Note: The Mint XFCE download I linked above is actually for a Live DVD. If your looking into older laptops without a DVD drive you'll need to go with something (like Puppy Linux) which will fit on a CD or make a bootable USB stick (which will also work for netbooks which have no optical drive at all). Feel free to get in touch with me for more detailed advice. FOSS is a topic I enjoy.

--Kevjonesin (talk) 12:29, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! This is very helpful. You're right, I am planning on getting a new laptop, and I 'assumed' that most would come with some package of Windows, and were surprised that they didn't. These links seem very helpful, I'll spend some time familirasing myself with these OSs.

While I have your attention, do you have any advice on 'Office'-like programmes? I have had OpenOffice on my old laptop for a while, and what annoyed me for a long time was how long it took to start it (though this solved itself after I upgraded it to a more recent version a couple of months ago). I know of OpenOffice (that I have used as a casual user and found alright, though occasionally annoying. I have also come across Office Libre, though I haven't used that at all. Any recommendations? V85 (talk) 17:33, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

As I understand it, the LibreOffice project was (and I suspect still is) developed by much of the talent who originally developed OpenOffice. Yep, the OpenOffice Wikipdia page agrees...

"The majority of OpenOffice.org developers have moved to LibreOffice."

So LibreOffice is definately the preferred option these days. It's presently included by default with many current Linux distros.

[The talent exodus was a result of fallout from the Oracle Corporation taking over Sun Microsystems. Ha, there's even this page with sub-section: "Sun_acquisition_by_Oracle#OpenOffice resignations and fork". I love Wikipedia : } ]

I've also come across SoftMaker Office which has a free version, FreeOffice. The proprietary version apparently has some extra features but the free version still appears pretty robust. I've not really done much more than look it over a bit, so I can't really provide a strong opinion. It's made by a German software company. It certainly looks nice.

Here are a few thoughts on Linux (for average users) that I started putting down awhile back...Linux 2012

--Kevjonesin (talk) 23:55, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

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