While I am a big fan of Knoppix, my prefered tool for system rescue is System Rescue CD: http://www.sysresccd.org/ A great collection of tools and the ISO burns to a mini-cd!
Your paying for the manuals, media and support (for installation for the first 30 days with SuSE IIRC) but not for the GPL'ed software. Also you don't have to buy, you can do a network based install if you have the bandwidth!
At age 75, my Dad only uses his PC to read e-mail, play a few simple games and visit a few web sites. His PC consists of one of my old systems with 256 Meg of RAM, a CDROM Drive, a Knoppix CD and NO HARD DRIVE. His email account in on one of my servers and he accesses it via Open WebMail from OpenWebMail.org. Running from a "live" CD, he never has to worry about spyware etc. If he "goofs something up" as he would say, a simple reboot puts things right again.
One suggestion for you and other "newbies" like you then, Knoppix Just download and burn the iso image to CD (or go to a Linux User Group meeting - someone is sure to have a copy for you)... pop it in your CDROM drive, boot the CD and suddenly Linux with out pain! I've personally added a LOT more "users to the pool" via Knoppix then I ever could have via recommending Mandrake or any other distro including my personal favorite Slackware!
Why stick with RedHat if you feel abandoned by them? If you "need a GOOD and STABLE OS for a REASONABLE price -- and updates, of course" there is Slackware which is noted for it's stability. For updates to Slack, there is swaret and slapt-get (check freshmeat.net to find them). Then of course you could always go with Debian and apt-get, or try a different distro. Take a look over at Distrowatch.com! and see all the choices out there! Just because one vendor is dropping out of a market, that does not mean there is are no replacements!
Sorry missed a/B tag in there - I ment to hit the preview button not submit!
I think we're missing the point....
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IIRC the whole point of the simputer, was to produce a cheap multi-language system that would work reliably in third world conditions i.e. areas with unreliable or no local power, high levels of dust etc. for sale to poor governments, NGA's etc. for use in educational programs. The ideal setting is one set up in the "mud hut" one room school in a small rural village. The teacher uses it for classes, both for the village children and adults. Yes our obsolete systems could be donated, but if they sit unused because of overheating and dust or a burned out power supply, due to the poor local electrical system etc., then all we have done, is save space in our own landfill.
I ship fruit (oranges for Florida) to friends at Christmas. My greengrocer will NOT ship produce, but there are a number of websites from various growers, that do. The one I use, I found via google, if I wanted to ship apples to someone, I would start with a google search (apples + shipping)
Thanks for the correction, I was confused by the Congressional Post Office scandal in which some members of Congress were accused of using their franking privilege for personal use. The impression I got from the press reports at that time, was that such mail (franked) was free so that Members of Congress could communicate with the people they represent, but that personal mail was to be paid and that some Memebers of Congress were franking all their mail and thus cheating the public. Trust the press to get the basics of it wrong.
You could always get pine from here: http://www.washington.edu/pine/getpine/ and install it yourself. No need to drop a useful tool just because RH has stopped encluding it.
In the US, only offical mail from members of Congress or letters from active duty members of the military in declared war zones (IIRC) are free. Everyone else has to pay the postage. Even members of Congress are to pay postage on personal letters!
If you are from the Chicago area and think storms aren't that bad there, just remember what happened to Plainfield IL (Southwest of Chicago) in 1990. I watched from an underpass as the town was destroyed before my eyes. The Chicago area has fewer major storms then Kansas but don't think it's any safer! The thing I remember most was hearing the warning sirens going off after it was over. link to article on memorial to the event
As for an overpriced remote video/mouse admin over tcp box, they go for $300 and up, they are called Windows systems, they run the terminal (remote desktop) client that is available for Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP/2003 and the server is included free for remote admin of Windows 2000/2003. Or you can use rdesktop www.rdesktop.org from a Linux desktop system running X11 to connect via RDP to do the same thing.
Just in case your serious, Slackware 9.0 would be a good choice - one of the oldest of the disto's and still going strong (new release this week!) www.slackware.com or try Knoppix if you want to try Linux without installing it on your current system www.knoppix.com it's a "live" cd distro that is great at auto-configuring for most hardware!
From the article: "Please be aware that Office Depot is immediately requiring all products that connect to a Personal Computer and Notebook Computer must pass these Designed for Windows XP logo requirements to be considered for retail distribution through our stores" - note the italics are mine. We are not talking about software but hardware that must be XP certified. So don't worry about that game, worry about that Video card or printer etc!!!!
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While I am a big fan of Knoppix, my prefered tool for system rescue is System Rescue CD: http://www.sysresccd.org/ A great collection of tools and the ISO burns to a mini-cd!
Or better yet AbiWord, it's cross platform too! :-) Yes there are alternatives to OpenOffice.org as well as to MS Office.
No, but gaim will work with MSN Messanger, if your looking for a good Linux client.
Yes, still using it running OS9 Level II under emulation, using xmame/xmess on a Linux system. I understand they also have a port to Windows too.
Your paying for the manuals, media and support (for installation for the first 30 days with SuSE IIRC) but not for the GPL'ed software. Also you don't have to buy, you can do a network based install if you have the bandwidth!
At age 75, my Dad only uses his PC to read e-mail, play a few simple games and visit a few web sites. His PC consists of one of my old systems with 256 Meg of RAM, a CDROM Drive, a Knoppix CD and NO HARD DRIVE. His email account in on one of my servers and he accesses it via Open WebMail from OpenWebMail.org. Running from a "live" CD, he never has to worry about spyware etc. If he "goofs something up" as he would say, a simple reboot puts things right again.
One suggestion for you and other "newbies" like you then, Knoppix Just download and burn the iso image to CD (or go to a Linux User Group meeting - someone is sure to have a copy for you)... pop it in your CDROM drive, boot the CD and suddenly Linux with out pain! I've personally added a LOT more "users to the pool" via Knoppix then I ever could have via recommending Mandrake or any other distro including my personal favorite Slackware!
Why stick with RedHat if you feel abandoned by them? If you "need a GOOD and STABLE OS for a REASONABLE price -- and updates, of course" there is Slackware which is noted for it's stability. For updates to Slack, there is swaret and slapt-get (check freshmeat.net to find them). Then of course you could always go with Debian and apt-get, or try a different distro. Take a look over at Distrowatch.com! and see all the choices out there! Just because one vendor is dropping out of a market, that does not mean there is are no replacements!
Sorry missed a /B tag in there - I ment to hit the preview button not submit!
IIRC the whole point of the simputer, was to produce a cheap multi-language system that would work reliably in third world conditions i.e. areas with unreliable or no local power, high levels of dust etc. for sale to poor governments, NGA's etc. for use in educational programs. The ideal setting is one set up in the "mud hut" one room school in a small rural village. The teacher uses it for classes, both for the village children and adults. Yes our obsolete systems could be donated, but if they sit unused because of overheating and dust or a burned out power supply, due to the poor local electrical system etc., then all we have done, is save space in our own landfill.
That is a protest page, Klaus is protesting against the EU going down the path towards Software Patents. Try www.knoppix.net to get the latest iso.
It's by Ogden Nash: "Song of the Open Road"
The RIAA has copyrighted the sound of a flushing toilet, so now you will have to pay 87% of your $50.00 in royalties to them!
I ship fruit (oranges for Florida) to friends at Christmas. My greengrocer will NOT ship produce, but there are a number of websites from various growers, that do. The one I use, I found via google, if I wanted to ship apples to someone, I would start with a google search (apples + shipping)
Thanks for the correction, I was confused by the Congressional Post Office scandal in which some members of Congress were accused of using their franking privilege for personal use. The impression I got from the press reports at that time, was that such mail (franked) was free so that Members of Congress could communicate with the people they represent, but that personal mail was to be paid and that some Memebers of Congress were franking all their mail and thus cheating the public. Trust the press to get the basics of it wrong.
You could always get pine from here: http://www.washington.edu/pine/getpine/ and install it yourself. No need to drop a useful tool just because RH has stopped encluding it.
In the US, only offical mail from members of Congress or letters from active duty members of the military in declared war zones (IIRC) are free. Everyone else has to pay the postage. Even members of Congress are to pay postage on personal letters!
Or for simplicity of installation and setup - IPCop
www.ipcop.org
Try here: MicroSoft Linux
If you are from the Chicago area and think storms aren't that bad there, just remember what happened to Plainfield IL (Southwest of Chicago) in 1990. I watched from an underpass as the town was destroyed before my eyes. The Chicago area has fewer major storms then Kansas but don't think it's any safer! The thing I remember most was hearing the warning sirens going off after it was over. link to article on memorial to the event
Sorry AC, anyone that knows anything about wine and the wine project Wine HQ knows that "Wine is not am emulator!" per the wine project FAQ
Not if everyone is using Glaser Safety Slugs, orginally designed to be use by Law Enforcement IN Aircraft. Glaser Safety Slug -- Aircraft and Airport Security
As for an overpriced remote video/mouse admin over tcp box, they go for $300 and up, they are called Windows systems, they run the terminal (remote desktop) client that is available for Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP/2003 and the server is included free for remote admin of Windows 2000/2003. Or you can use rdesktop www.rdesktop.org from a Linux desktop system running X11 to connect via RDP to do the same thing.
Just in case your serious, Slackware 9.0 would be a good choice - one of the oldest of the disto's and still going strong (new release this week!) www.slackware.com or try Knoppix if you want to try Linux without installing it on your current system www.knoppix.com it's a "live" cd distro that is great at auto-configuring for most hardware!
From the article: "Please be aware that Office Depot is immediately requiring all products that connect to a Personal Computer and Notebook Computer must pass these Designed for Windows XP logo requirements to be considered for retail distribution through our stores" - note the italics are mine. We are not talking about software but hardware that must be XP certified. So don't worry about that game, worry about that Video card or printer etc!!!!