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DraftSight for Linux is here!...

DraftSight is now out of Beta, today. You will have to download the official Windows release from their site. They claim the Linux version will be ready 'within weeks', however long that means.
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Not sure what I did to 'fix' Wine in order to get DraftSight to work. I do know that I switched to Mint9 and I believe I saw some wine updates being installed before I reloaded DraftSight.
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I have my mom's old Gateway tower that she used when she had dial-up internet. Celeron processor I believe, had 64MB of ram (which I upgraded to 1GB I got from Freecycle), and a 6GB HDD which I may...

I finally got mine working with Wine.

They still need to tweak some of the print settings. Some of our engineers were testing it who don't have CAD licenses here, but none of the print settings...

Well I finally got DraftSight to work with Wine. My graphics card must be a little slow for drafting, but I don't need a super fast machine for that (that's what my quad core PC is for), but it will...

Thanks, yet another quirky thing I need to learn as I convert myself from Windows...

When I delete files from my usb flash drive on my Karmic laptop (press del key), the properties of the drive remain unchanged (available space/used space). It looks like the files/folders have been...

I was able to install DraftSight, but when I try to run the program itself, it doesn't start. I checked and I am running wine 1.2

Oh well, keep using it on my windows machines until the linux...

I tried installing it with wine but I couldn't get the program to open. I ran the installer (DraftSight.exe) and it said it was installed successfully. But, when I try to open the desktop icon,...

The feedback at our office has been very positive so far (for the Windows version). I definitely plan on testing it out on my Karmic Laptop tonight.

We don't see this replacing our CAD licenses...

Just announced this morning, Dassault Systems (makers of SolidWorks)released for free their Beta version of DraftSight.
http://http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/draftsight-overview/

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That's what came to my mind when I heard the Ubuntu line last night. My wife laughed at me for rewinding the DVR just to hear him say it again. Then she joked that maybe 90% of the people watching...

I was wondering why the upgrade kept telling me it would take anywhere from 20 hours to 4 days to finish installing. Guess I'll wait a while and try upgrading later.

What do I love about Linux? It's Free, and it works!

I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on a laptop I got from Freecycle and I hardly spend any time on our home Vista machine anymore. I finally have a...

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Since my last post on this subject, I had installed Ubuntu on Virtualbox with the Vista Host. Since Virtualbox has usb support, I was able to run the scanner from the virtual Ubuntu computer. I...

I get an error message:

E: tff-mscorefonts-istaller: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

details also said that andale32.exe: Failed open or read...

I gave my old laptop (1997 Gateway 2000 Solo 2100 running Damn Small Linux) to my 3 year old daughter. She likes to draw using the paint application that comes with DSL and practices spelling using...

Thanks, I'll have to give it a try. Now I wish I hadn't left my laptop at home today.

Any thoughts, or should I try re-installing 9.10? Or try an older release?

Tried sudo dpkg --configure -a, and got the following:

Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
Error parsing proxy URL...

Lately, when I try installing updates or installing from synaptic, I get the following error message

E: tff-mscorefonts-installer:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit...

just curious. getting this one was one of those 'never happens to me' moments from Freecycle.

Not wearing a tin foil hat just yet, thanks.

found a slightly new used laptop off of Freecycle. Did a fresh install of 9.10 and it works great. My question is, how easy would it be for the previous owner to track down this computer online?
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