On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 10:08:37PM -0400, Dwaine Castle wrote: > Tom, > > I know you're right -- I am now going to have to look for a > CD/DVD diagnostic program or write one myself. But, I built my > first computer, for a junior high school science fair project in > 1963 or 4 and if had kept all the hardware that I've ever > owned... I threw away my 8 inch floppies about 3 years ago. > > I don't want to belabor this point anymore. > > There are 2 items that will help me with my move to Linux and > maybe someone can point me in the right direction. > Merrian-Webster has a utility that lets me highlight any word in > a document or browser window and look-up the definition. I have > become very fond of this feature, but it is not supported in > Linux. Second, I am a member of Grid.org, so my XP computer is > constantly running Ligand fits for Cancer, Anthrax or Smallpox > research. United Devices, that runs the project, does not > support the Linux platform, so is there another similar > organization that does support a Linux platform? > > > Thanks. > Dwaine Just browsing the grid.org site and noticed... "Third-party emulation programs like Virtual PC for the Mac and WINE & VMWare for the Linux family run the UD agent quite well. " So you may be able to run the program with wine. http://forum.grid.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=8853 As for dictionary tools, Fedora has a builtin dictionary tool under accessories called "Dictionary" aka gnome-dictionary. It's a client for the mit dict server. Furthermore, the web browser Galeon which does not come with Fedora but you can install it, has a dictionary form in the bookmarks toolbar. You could double-click a word then use the standard unix way of pasting the word into the dictionary lookup box on this toolbar by using the middle mouse button or 3 button emulation by clicking both mouse buttons on a 2 button mouse. Simple and Fast! Speaking of research, there are many other research projects that support Linux, search google. jay
