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Posted by Cassius
Oct 28, 2012 at 04:18 AM
Dr Andus wrote:
>Cassius wrote:
>>*ZipMagic made zipped folders look and work EXACTLY like
>>ordinary folders. No extracting or re-zipping needed. I really miss it.
>
>Not sure if it’s exactly the same functionality but DOpus can do something like
>that:
>http://www.gpsoft.com.au/help/opus9/WordDocuments/zipfiles.htm
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Thanks for the lead. DOpus looks a bit more complicated, but I’ll check it out. ZipMagis worked by using a special device driver. From the ZipMagic 4 manual:
“When you install ZipMagic, ZipFolders is enabled, making any file with the
.zip extension show up as that yellow folder with the word Zip on it, .... This allows you to view all zipped files as Windows standard folders, with all of the accompanying capabilities such as drag & drop, move, copy, delete, rename, and more.”
There was no noticeable slowdown, but I saved a lot of hard drive space. It’s use was completely transparent.
-cassius
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Nov 26, 2012 at 03:24 PM
Thia article might be of interest:
10 reasons to choose Ubuntu 12.10 over Windows 8
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013431/10-reasons-to-choose-ubuntu-12-10-over-windows-8.html?page=0
Posted by Glen Coulthard
Nov 26, 2012 at 08:21 PM
On my work machine, I dual-boot between Windows 7 & Linux Mint 14 Nadia (Cinnamon edition).
On my home machine, I triple boot between Windows 7, Windows 8, & Ubuntu 12.04LTS.
More and more I find that I’m turning to my Linux distros for the “fun” factor (some geekiness here
), but it’s still 70/30 in favour of Windows use.
Just my two cents,
Glen