A newbie's observations

[John Moniz]

Patrick;

I can listen to several radio stations using xmms. These stations are 
all shoutcasts, so I'm not sure it's the same thing as what you are 
hoping for. But it is live radio.

As for your broker not being very concerned about your situation, 
perhaps a serious suggestion that you'd rather be dealing with a company 
that knows how to setup web sites properly?

Patrick wrote:

>My interest has been in using Linux rather than making it work. As a 70-plus 
>member of the great unwashed public, so to speak, my comments might be of 
>interest. 
>I installed SuSe 9.2 about six months ago. I would never have made it where I 
>am now without the valiant efforts of my middle son. From that point of view 
>SuSe is not for the faint of heart. Maybe Red Hat is easier.
>That said, my expectations have been fulfilled 100%. I have a stable system 
>that I can rely on. 
>KDE, supplemented by a program called Kall, enables me to E-mail directly from 
>my "Kontact" list of contacts and to have the computer dial their number when 
>I want to phone them. That's a big help as one gets older and begins the 
>embarrassing habit of getting digits in the wrong order.
>I have just connected my new digital camera to the system and can use Gimp to 
>manipulate the results. 
>I enjoy Open Office programs and find browsing and picking up my E-mails fast 
>and safe.
>However, one or two concerns remain. Can anybody shed any light on them?
>1. I have yet to find a radio station that will play music over my speakers 
>other than WBJC in Baltimore. Are there such animals around, or is every 
>station a captive to you know who?
>2. I like to listen to investment webcasts. But, once again, the companies 
>concerned seem happy to limit themselves to Windows Media or the Windows 
>version of Real Player. Even my broker, who has quite a good web site, has 
>taken to telling me I must download the Acrobat Reader (Windows version is 
>implied) to read my statements when I have a perfectly good Linux Acrobat 
>reader that opens PDF files on other pages of the same broker's site for me 
>daily.
>Is there any way of persuading the great world out there that there are other 
>computer users than Windows or Mac users, and that we have a right to be 
>served in our own language? This is a real stumbling block we yet have to 
>overcome.
>Patrick
>
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