On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 10:08, 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 You might find a plugin for mozilla that does the dictionary lookups, but I have not looked. Depending on how involved the "Ligand fits" software is, you could try wine or bochs. -- Chris Kloiber
