Works
So, I can run Baldur's Gate 2, Unreal Tournament 2003 and The Sims on my new Linux install. I can listen to my mp3s, watch the DVDs, get things from my Digital Camera, send things to my MP3 player, read my mail, follow my RSS feeds and edit documents.
Finally, after four years, I can do everything under linux that I'm using windows for. The only thing I can see using windows for day to day now is those few games that don't like WineX.
The only blip on the horizon is an editor. Now, whilst I like and respect vim, I would prefer to have a graphical text-editor that will highlight html & php, preferably be able to load and edit files over an ftp connection, and ideally (though not critically) be open-source. Any ideas, world?
(and yes, non-geek stuff coming soon, this week's been a little unbalanced)
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Pol:
Try Quanta which is an HTML editor with colouring. Vim does the colouring too (sorry).
Kwrite also does colouring, but not the FTP thing.
Martin Wisse:
Emacs, especially Xemacs.
Aquarion:
There’s this thing, see, about me, Emacs, and barge poles…
Simon Willison:
My Linux adventures have only really just begun (I can read mail, web browse and that’s about it) but I’m already looking for exactly what you describe. Basically, I need an UltraEdit clone. GVim is pretty funky (it’s my main editor now) and Quanta is quite nice for HTML but I really want something with syntax highlighting, built in FTP / SCP and a distinct lack of archaic keyboard commands (or at least lots of GUI alternatives to help me out while I learn the thing).