Bits and Pieces 10

I’m testing the use of Corel Lightening for posting to my blog. I have no idea how this will look and I’m almost certain I’ll have to edit things before it’s right. Okay, it didn’t post any text at all, just the title. I had to copy the contents over. Busted!
I still have my Linux laptop because it’s not a productivity tool. I use it for network diagnostics and fixing other people’s computers. You can’t get serious writing tools for Linux. The latest version of LibreOffice actually breaks my Word documents, automatically adding formatting that I can’t remove or correct when I open them in Word. The defaults are not at all sane, and correcting them is an arcane science. If you need to jump back and forth between the two office suites, I recommend you stay with the 3.x series or use the other development branch, which is still called OpenOffice.
Linux is still the superior OS for networking and security. It all depends on what you need most.
Meanwhile, I notice a lot of grammar assistance hammers too hard and long on passive voice. Look, it’s part of the English grammar and usage. Sometimes it is the only way to correctly put across that subtle shade of meaning. Yes, most people use it way too much, particularly British journalists, but it’s not inherently wrong. You can overdo the active voice, too. Oh, and for most people, MS Office 97 is still the superior grammar checking tool. It’s actually more intelligent than the later versions of MS Office.
For quite some time now our mobile home park management have been coming by on Monday mornings to carry away junk that we can’t fit into the trash carts. So we finally get it all ready and out on the curb. Nobody has seen maintenance all day. What I have seen are scavengers picking through the stuff. They can have it.