I'm in data hell

juggernaut · 2006-06-30, 09:18 AM

If your running KDe then I presume you will need WINE. it's the only solid program that will allow you to work on Linux with MS apps. As far as I know, best thing to do is orginze your things in XP. MS defaults to saving everything in the my documents of which you can access from Linux. You can not run any apps with out a 3rd party app. But you can still access the files and work on them from linux.
I really never understood this whole secure thing. NTFS is secure in fact XP has been the most secure OS MS has come out with. Only advantage to using a Linux based system is the way the files are accessed. IE permissons are set per file. Only advantage there is for virus protection, the virus will not penitrate any system files at it wont have the permissions.
I have worked on both OS's and in the end found it to be a waste. An OS is an OS. Linux just works differantly, it's no more secure then the user using it. I'm kind of shocked that you are using this OS and did not know 1) you can access your xp files and make short cuts to the MY docs folder 2) you did not know about wine.

juggernaut · 2006-06-30, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by juggernaut

I'm kind of shocked that you are using this OS and did not know 1) you can access your xp files and make short cuts to the MY docs folder 2) you did not know about wine.

Sorry about this. I misread your post. If your just looking for a central place to store eveything then I would stick with just keeping stuff in the My Docs folders. Set your permissions correctly and it will be secure. Run a AT job to zip it, encript it and password protect it. Then push the zip/gzip via ftp someplace. I was just reading the other day there are online storage houses that for a fee you can transfer your data to them as back up. Don't know how good they are but know they can be pricy. But that's only if you are looking to back up. I know most ftp programs can be scheduled to do a transfer for you. If you have enough space on a remote server, you can toss it up scheduled. Other then that I'm not sure what the other apps you are using, what for and how they relate to central access to your data other then possibly default saving locations in the apps themselves. From your post your looking to be able to access documents over two OS's should be very simple as once again Linux will open just about anything. Reading it is a whole other issue.

2006-06-30, 09:18 AM	#1
juggernaut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central Jersey! If I was rich and powerful I would dress as my avatar does. Posts: 1,448	If your running KDe then I presume you will need WINE. it's the only solid program that will allow you to work on Linux with MS apps. As far as I know, best thing to do is orginze your things in XP. MS defaults to saving everything in the my documents of which you can access from Linux. You can not run any apps with out a 3rd party app. But you can still access the files and work on them from linux. I really never understood this whole secure thing. NTFS is secure in fact XP has been the most secure OS MS has come out with. Only advantage to using a Linux based system is the way the files are accessed. IE permissons are set per file. Only advantage there is for virus protection, the virus will not penitrate any system files at it wont have the permissions. I have worked on both OS's and in the end found it to be a waste. An OS is an OS. Linux just works differantly, it's no more secure then the user using it. I'm kind of shocked that you are using this OS and did not know 1) you can access your xp files and make short cuts to the MY docs folder 2) you did not know about wine.