Alcohol 120% on Linux?
Citizen Jimserac
Does anyone have Alcohol 120% or an equivalent running on Linux
anywhere?
This, and "Family Tree Maker" which once had a Linux version but
stopped it are the LAST TWO PROGRAMS I need equivalents for on Linux
after which I can finally WIPE MICROSOFT WINDOWS OFF of my last
computer.
The Alcohol 120% if for reading in two files, MDF/MDS and the MDS is,
I believe, unique to Alcohol.
The "Family Tree Maker" genealogy program, as far as I can tell I'll
have to replace with some totally different program, requiring a good
deal of re-entry, and then I'll be free of them once and for all too.
Thanks
J
Andrew Halliwell
That depends if "family tree maker" saves in a format the replacement
program can handle. GRAMPS is pretty good...
If "family tree maker" can export/save as Geneweb, GEDCOM or CVS...
GRAMPS should be able to handle it.
Never heard of alcohol 120% though... what is it?
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JEDIDIAH
>
> Does anyone have Alcohol 120% or an equivalent running on Linux
> anywhere?
There have been CD/DVD manipulation programs available for Unix
for years. You might want to provide a bit more detail regarding
exactly what it is that you want to do.
>
> This, and "Family Tree Maker" which once had a Linux version but
> stopped it are the LAST TWO PROGRAMS I need equivalents for on Linux
> after which I can finally WIPE MICROSOFT WINDOWS OFF of my last
> computer.
You could try wine. One variant of this is called Crossover. They
are even selling it for Macs at BestBuy these days. Virtual Machine
software also works well but you still end up running a copy of Windows.
>
> The Alcohol 120% if for reading in two files, MDF/MDS and the MDS is,
> I believe, unique to Alcohol.
>
> The "Family Tree Maker" genealogy program, as far as I can tell I'll
> have to replace with some totally different program, requiring a good
> deal of re-entry, and then I'll be free of them once and for all too.
>
> Thanks
> J
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Doctor Smith
> Citizen Jimserac <Jims...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have Alcohol 120% or an equivalent running on Linux
>> anywhere?
>>
>> This, and "Family Tree Maker" which once had a Linux version but
>> stopped it are the LAST TWO PROGRAMS I need equivalents for on Linux
>> after which I can finally WIPE MICROSOFT WINDOWS OFF of my last
>> computer.
>>
>> The Alcohol 120% if for reading in two files, MDF/MDS and the MDS is,
>> I believe, unique to Alcohol.
>>
>> The "Family Tree Maker" genealogy program, as far as I can tell I'll
>> have to replace with some totally different program, requiring a good
>> deal of re-entry, and then I'll be free of them once and for all too.
>
> That depends if "family tree maker" saves in a format the replacement
> program can handle. GRAMPS is pretty good...
> If "family tree maker" can export/save as Geneweb, GEDCOM or CVS...
> GRAMPS should be able to handle it.
>
> Never heard of alcohol 120% though... what is it?
It's an extremely accurate CD/DVD cloning program which also allows the
user to create a virtual drive to mount images so you can just store the
images on your system and run them as virtual CD/DVD.
All of that can be done under Linux, however Alcohol 120 is EXTREMELY
accurate (error rates and all that) super customizable and very light on
resources.
It is also extremely easy to use.
ray
I've read good things about gramps to replace FTM - it may be able to
import your files.
Peter Köhlmann
> On 2009-02-27, Citizen Jimserac <Jims...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have Alcohol 120% or an equivalent running on Linux
>> anywhere?
>
> There have been CD/DVD manipulation programs available for Unix
> for years. You might want to provide a bit more detail regarding
> exactly what it is that you want to do.
KDE4-AcetoneISO might be just his ticket
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(1) Things will get worse before they get better.
(2) Who said things would get better?
Homer
> Citizen Jimserac <Jims...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The Alcohol 120% if for reading in two files, MDF/MDS and the MDS
>> is, I believe, unique to Alcohol.
http://cdemu.sourceforge.net/pkg_libmirage.php
> Never heard of alcohol 120% though... what is it?
A software "piracy" tool for cloning copy protected discs.
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Clopnixus
> Does anyone have Alcohol 120% or an equivalent running on Linux
> anywhere?
Theres plenty of software for burning cd/dvds on Linux. My preference is
for K3B. If you have lots of MDF/MDS files I believe you can convert them
to ISO with mdf2iso...
> This, and "Family Tree Maker" which once had a Linux version but stopped
> it are the LAST TWO PROGRAMS I need equivalents for on Linux after which
> I can finally WIPE MICROSOFT WINDOWS OFF of my last computer.
Haven't got into geneology but Gramps looks the most complete Linux
program that I've heard of... Lifelines is another.
cheers,
Clopnixus
Citizen Jimserac
wrote:
Exactly correct.
I got sick and tired of buying a game program on CD only to learn
later that you needed to have the CD physically present in order to
run the game.
Likewise some language and other educational CD's. Often these cost
plenty of $$$$, so they "copy protect" them to prevent illegal
copying, FORGETTING that they are also hurting legitimate owners and
buyers who have every right to copy their own software for backup.
Once you've bought something, you've bought it.
What typically will happen is that some months or years go by and one
day you go to use the CD only to discover that you've lost it or that
it got scratched or whatever. Next you try to contact the company for
a replacement. Well, that's where the fun begins - the company has
either gone out of business, changed its name or else sends you to
their "marketing" department where you will be told that your
particular software has been "discontinued" but perhaps you would like
to purchase a full NEW version of their vastly improved and updated
software. Usually, I wouldn't.
I've tried acetone and others mentioned, and they won't work. The MDS
file structure is unique to Alcohol and they've done a superb job of
letting me make a back up of my legally owned CD, the original had
some sort of pretend read errors on it which made normal copying
impossible.
SIDE NOTE: I now go through the trouble of verifying that the vendor
will allow full hard disk install of any CD that I purchase. If they
have copy protection, I avoid purchasing it.
Regarding the "Family Tree Maker" software - it does indeed export to
Gedcom and such export is TOTALLY WORTHLESS, at least in my version of
Family Tree Maker, because it ignores all my jpegs, jpeg notes, mp3s
and other textual and audio/visual material. All the export does is
copy the tree itself.
Numerous people have contacted Family Tree Maker about their
termination of the LInux version.
I will not purchase software from that company again.
Also I tried GRAMPS some months ago. It failed to read the Family
Tree Maker proprietary files and therefore was worthless to me. Nor
were its features very impressive at the time, either.
Thanks
J
Chris Ahlstrom
this bit o' wisdom:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Andrew Halliwell spake thusly:
>> Citizen Jimserac <Jims...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> The Alcohol 120% if for reading in two files, MDF/MDS and the MDS
>>> is, I believe, unique to Alcohol.
>
> http://cdemu.sourceforge.net/pkg_libmirage.php
>
>> Never heard of alcohol 120% though... what is it?
>
> A software "piracy" tool for cloning copy protected discs.
What is it? A Windows "dd" with a GUI?
And
*Due to the present legal restrictions DVD titles protected with CSS
protection can not be backed up.
Fat lot o' good that does ya.
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DFS
Homer
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Homer belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Andrew Halliwell spake thusly:
>>> Never heard of alcohol 120% though... what is it?
>>
>> A software "piracy" tool for cloning copy protected discs.
>
> What is it? A Windows "dd" with a GUI?
Unfortunately "dd" is of little help in overcoming copy protection
mechanisms which utilise weak sectors, subchannel data, and tracks
which deliberately break ISO standards - which can only be read by
proprietary access programmed into the copy protection driver e.g.
SafeDisc, SecuROM, etc., and can often only be written to discs by
either pushing the limits of your burner beyond spec, or utilising
dedicated hardware. The raw blocks, as read by dd, are meaningless
unless interpreted correctly, and that interpretation is usually a
non-standard format only understood by the driver.
Defeating duplication by breaking hardware specs, is not exactly a
new phenomenon. I recall this form of protection being used on the
Amiga, with certain games protected by "Rob Northen copylock":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Northen_copylock
The basic principles of SafeDisc, SecuROM, and others are not that
different.
However ... breaking hardware specs may protect the content rather
*too* well, essentially making it unusable:
http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Issues/Intellectual_Property/Music_Freedom/Corrupted_Audio_CDs/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt4BpnfAN-o
> And
>
> http://www.alcohol-soft.com/
>
> *Due to the present legal restrictions DVD titles protected with CSS
> protection can not be backed up.
>
> Fat lot o' good that does ya.
It seems strange that breaking SecuROM is tolerated, but breaking CSS is
not. Surely both are covered by the DMCA.
Anyway, AFAIAC the mere fact that the "content" is proprietary is enough
to make me not want it. The fact that EA (and others) go to such extreme
measures to further protect that "content" is little more than a passing
curiosity.
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K.
http://slated.org
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| "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It
| is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." ~ William
| Pitt the Younger
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Citizen Jimserac
> Verily I say unto thee, that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:
>
> > After takin' a swig o' grog, Homer belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> >> Verily I say unto thee, that Andrew Halliwell spake thusly:
> >>> Never heard of alcohol 120% though... what is it?
>
> >> A software "piracy" tool for cloning copy protected discs.
>
> > What is it? A Windows "dd" with a GUI?
>
> Unfortunately "dd" is of little help in overcoming copy protection
> mechanisms which utilise weak sectors, subchannel data, and tracks
> which deliberately break ISO standards - which can only be read by
> proprietary access programmed into the copy protection driver e.g.
> SafeDisc, SecuROM, etc., and can often only be written to discs by
> either pushing the limits of your burner beyond spec, or utilising
> dedicated hardware. The raw blocks, as read by dd, are meaningless
> unless interpreted correctly, and that interpretation is usually a
> non-standard format only understood by the driver.
>
> Defeating duplication by breaking hardware specs, is not exactly a
> new phenomenon. I recall this form of protection being used on the
> Amiga, with certain games protected by "Rob Northen copylock":
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Northen_copylock
>
> The basic principles of SafeDisc, SecuROM, and others are not that
> different.
>
> However ... breaking hardware specs may protect the content rather
> *too* well, essentially making it unusable:
>
>
> > And
>
> >http://www.alcohol-soft.com/
>
> > *Due to the present legal restrictions DVD titles protected with CSS
> > protection can not be backed up.
>
> > Fat lot o' good that does ya.
>
> It seems strange that breaking SecuROM is tolerated, but breaking CSS is
> not. Surely both are covered by the DMCA.
>
> Anyway, AFAIAC the mere fact that the "content" is proprietary is enough
> to make me not want it. The fact that EA (and others) go to such extreme
> measures to further protect that "content" is little more than a passing
> curiosity.
>
> --
>
> .----
> | "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It
> | is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." ~ William
> | Pitt the Younger
> `----
>
> Fedora release 8 (Werewolf) on sky, running kernel 2.6.25.11-60.fc8
> 03:42:44 up 115 days, 11:25, 4 users, load average: 0.15, 0.12, 0.09
I went to the website http://slated.org and read your comments about
dotGNU. My most profound thanks for making your opinion known.
I concur completely with your position on this and liked your comments
enough that I will quote them here for all to see on this issue:
"I am a fervent believer in the principles of Free Software, and the
principles of Freedom in general, but I don't necessarily support
everything Stallman says or does. I am not Richard Stallman, I have my
own opinions, and in my opinion Stallman's support of Microsoft
technology via DotGNU is profoundly wrong. I understand his reasons:
He merely wants to take something which is not entirely Free, and make
it as Free as possible (whereas de Icaza's motive is to take something
he considers "cool technology", and make it as interoperable as
possible), but the use of this technology assists a deeply
reprehensible company, and poisons Free Software with that
disreputable company's Intellectual Monopoly."
(quoted from Homer, at http://slated.org )
Well said and well done!
Citizen Jimserac
Citizen Jimserac
> JEDIDIAH wrote:
> > On 2009-02-27, CitizenJimserac<Jimse...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Does anyone haveAlcohol120% or an equivalent running on Linux
> >> anywhere?
>
> > There have been CD/DVD manipulation programs available for Unix
> > for years. You might want to provide a bit more detail regarding
> > exactly what it is that you want to do.
>
> KDE4-AcetoneISO might be just his ticket
>
No unless they've expanded their features, but CDEMU just might.
Citizen JImserac