On the other hand, not all users are going to be apt to do this...
Just like not all McDonalds customers are apt to know that hot coffee should not be applied to one's body, and therefore all coffee should be served at the least objectionable temperature for coffee bathers, 102 degrees Fahrenheit.
Resizing the browser window: it's not just for rocket scientists anymore!!!
it is important for all Mississippians to leave behind their petty quarrels and band together, with neighbor supporting neighbor, to face the demands of the current troubles.
Meanwhile, we here at Acme Enterprise Software Solutions and Live Bait will be working around the clock to overcome this crisis.
Oh, and the CEO said to tell you there's going to be a huge keg party at his place tonight.
Yeah, that's a good one, but Linus needs round-rimmed glasses, a green army-issue cap, and a teddy bear if he really wants to look like a supply clerk.
Every time someone discovers a security hole, Steve Ballmer will be dispatched to bellow, "SECURITY, SECURITY, SECURITY!!!" and get drops of perspiration all over any reporters who show up to cover the story.
Why would you want to install Windows, when you don't want to play any games, don't have any particular software that you need to run, and require only a basic home setup? Forget Windows.
In answer to your question, the basic required software is:
Web Browser (Mozilla or Mozilla Firebird) Mail client (Evolution, Sylpheed, mutt, whatever) Minimal text editor (XEmacs) OpenOffice.org Productivity software (nethack)
Slashdot Mirror
So that's why so many people don't want to switch to Linux.
Say you're playing along with a normal device, and it's at x10, and where do you go from there? Nowhere. But these go to X11!
That'll teach 'em!
Just like not all McDonalds customers are apt to know that hot coffee should not be applied to one's body, and therefore all coffee should be served at the least objectionable temperature for coffee bathers, 102 degrees Fahrenheit.
Resizing the browser window: it's not just for rocket scientists anymore!!!
Now publishers outside the US will have a great excuse to jack up their prices. Students all over the world thank you!!!
Mod parent up. This is the obvious answer to any attempt to quash free speech on the Internet--make it available in pamphlet form.
Then, if you continue to provide the info on the net, you can point to the freely available pamphlet that contains the same information.
Here is the short form for deciding whether migration to OSS is appropriate:
1. Are you OK with a foreign company having complete control of your data?
Answers:
Yes -- Continue using MS products.
No -- Switch.
Now you can do hours and hours of 3D rendering on your laptop without needing to recharge!
or this Windows ME machine will die!!!
Oh, wait...
to call people who mail Word documents idiots.
Dot matrix printers? Token Ring? Windows?
It's like the 80s all over again!!!
(By the way, a recent Slashdot survey confirms: Windows is dying.)
"This is the FTAA. Come out with your hands up or we'll be forced to use innovation."
it is important for all Mississippians to leave behind their petty quarrels and band together, with neighbor supporting neighbor, to face the demands of the current troubles.
Meanwhile, we here at Acme Enterprise Software Solutions and Live Bait will be working around the clock to overcome this crisis.
Oh, and the CEO said to tell you there's going to be a huge keg party at his place tonight.
Yeah, they're giving away 100 million copies of "The Hokey Pokey".
Yeah, that's a good one, but Linus needs round-rimmed glasses, a green army-issue cap, and a teddy bear if he really wants to look like a supply clerk.
You will throw out your CPU for being such a slow and out-of-date piece of junk long before it burns out.
Yup, you can still program freely in Uzbhekistan, Bhutan, and Haiti.
And therefore, Longhorn will only be a success if MS can get the Rolling Stones to play a cover of "The Theme from 'Rawhide'" for the product launch.
Close. "Adamant" is diamond. "Adamantium" is a metallic alloy whose primary user is Canada's "Weapon X" project.
I read a biography of this guy named Logan who had all kinds of things to say about it...
I thought the title said "... to be released on Linux."
That would be cool. Just "apt-get install matrix", load the USB brain electrode module, jack in, and you're good to go.
Would you trust your brain to Windows?
Every time someone discovers a security hole, Steve Ballmer will be dispatched to bellow, "SECURITY, SECURITY, SECURITY!!!" and get drops of perspiration all over any reporters who show up to cover the story.
for scientists to discover adamantium, omnium, and unobtainium.
Another good question is, "Are you going to a white collar resort prison?"
Maybe I should have put a :-) next to the word "minimal".
Why would you want to install Windows, when you don't want to play any games, don't have any particular software that you need to run, and require only a basic home setup? Forget Windows.
In answer to your question, the basic required software is:
Web Browser (Mozilla or Mozilla Firebird)
Mail client (Evolution, Sylpheed, mutt, whatever)
Minimal text editor (XEmacs)
OpenOffice.org
Productivity software (nethack)