Ready to take the plunge into Linux and XML....

[Slavomír Čéplö]

LaTeX and Perl, what else? :)

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 00:09, Phillip E Cash Cash
<cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
> Heather, you are becoming braver by the day...xml, ubuntu, etc.!  What
> next?  ;-)  l8ter, Phil
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> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 6:35 AM, s.t. bischoff <bischoff.st at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Hi Heather,
>>
>> w3schools might be a good place to start with XML. You'll find useful
>> tutorials and other resources, and it's free. In terms of linux, I've been
>> using Ubuntu for about five years with no problems, no Microsoft, and no
>> viruses.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> Shannon
>>
>> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Heather Souter <hsouter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Taanshi,
>>>
>>> Well,  I am finally ready to take the plunge into Linux and XML....
>>>
>>> I would like to know what the list suggests I read to get a better idea
>>> of what Linux (Ubuntu?) is all about.  I have a MacBook Pro and purchased a
>>> partitioning program (Parallels) with at the same time.  I  have been
>>> thinking about putting a Windows OS on it but now I am thinking that perhaps
>>> I should put a Linux distribution instead....  One of the main reasons I
>>> have wanted to put a Windows OS is to be able to use some software
>>> (propriety and open source) I can't use (or at least don't think I can,
>>> LOL!) on my Mac....
>>>
>>> I also want to know if anyone knows of a good "dummies introduction to
>>> XML for non-computer-oriented community-linguist types"?  I want to learn
>>> about it now that I don't feel as if I am having an allergic reaction at the
>>> mere mention of any kind of computer programming!  LOL!
>>>
>>> Well, I look forward to your suggestions....
>>>
>>> Eekoshi pitamaa.
>>> Heather
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