Linux and Power Point

[javasaurus]

We're getting some new equipment here, and the manufacturer produces the software to run the equipment for Linux operating system. Everything else here is Windows based.

How difficult is it to get images/text from a Linux system to a Windows system? Is it as easy as saving a .jpg and mailing it to yourself? If the Linux system is not on a network, are there cross-platform thumb-drives? What about compatibility between Power Point and the Linux equivalent?

Any info or links will be appreciated!

Thanks!

Comments

[dacuteturtle.livejournal.com]

Options are myriad.

You could just connect to a windows share and drop things.
You could create a windows share on the linux box and yank things off.
You could use Filezilla to connect via SSH and yank the file off.
Thumb drive or other FAT or NTFS removable device.

Your exact needs will dictate the best course of action.

Filezilla via SSH is likely the easiest network transfer method to set up with the fewest gotchas. Other methods have better advantages, but also have more gotchas and more decision points.

[javasaurus.livejournal.com]

Government IT departments generally frown on anything "new" -- which means they may not let us hook the Linux system up to the network. I suspect our only option will be a thumb drive for file transfer. Our real concern was compatibility, and it sounds like that won't be a problem if we export the files in a Windows format.

Thanks!

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

I would avoid NTFS on thumbdrives and stick to FAT32 - yes, the 2.6 kernel supports NTFS but not every distribution turns that on (with automounting) by default and in some cases i've been damned perplexed about trying to fix that so i've generally given up.

Knoppix does do the automount, as does the latest Ubuntu.

2.4 kernels (i.e., older linux boxen) only support NTFS read-only, and may still have problems so its best avoided.

NTFS is also slow, bulky, and has lots of stuff nobody needs on a thumb drive like "Recycle Bin".

[dacuteturtle.livejournal.com]

I generally stick to FAT32 as well. Same reasons. From the User Support side, FAT32 is the most portable drive format out there. It's the easiest to support.