A Visio replacement called "Dia" is available for Linux. I've used both. Dia is 'good enough' without the Visio price tag or having to drag some legacy OS along.
FWIW, any site that will only display in IE was explicitly written for it and not worth my trouble. I have IE on a box sitting next to me... but I won't bother to hit the KVM switch so I can see some standards ignorant web site. (Except for MSIE, none of your 'critical' software is installed on it.)
BTW, Opera is a cross-platform browser. You don't need a MSFT OS to use it.
I have two scanners, two modems, DSL, two monitors, two keyboards, a half-dozen hard drives, 6 video cards, a couple printers and assorted mice running on a collection of desktops and laptops.
On Linux.
I just can't comprehend your hardware problems. I don't seem to have any. In fact,setting up hardware on the one remaining Windows machine is much more difficult than it is on any of the Linux boxes.
Searched the web for Linux laptop. Results 1 - 20 of about 2,510,000. Search took 0.18 seconds.
If you want geek hardware, shop where the geeks shop.
(Suggest you also consider the used laptop market http://www.piapc.com/ will hand you a very nice laptop for very little money... and shave an additional $100 off the price if you want Linux instead of Windows)
Copyrights... ALL of them... are granted to the creator of the material at the moment of creation, who is then free to disburse them as they see fit, whether for fee or for free.
The fact is, Microsoft DOES write restrictions into its EULA and you DO agree to abide by them in order to use THEIR software. You do NOT own the software, only the media it's written to. Hello people... you only own the (used) CD's. READ the whole flippin' EULA and recognize that it defines your use of Microsoft products. If you're cool with what you read, Microsoft on, baby. If you're not... well, there ARE alternatives now.
That EULA, and nothing else, defines your relationship with Microsoft regarding their software. All of the spurious claims of morality come from people who claimed they accepted the EULA, but reneged. Liars and thieves do NOT get to claim 'morality' as their justification for lying and stealing. There are only two ways to reject the Microsoft EULA; 1) don't install their software or 2) if it's already installed, delete it. The EULA constitutes an agreement between you and MSFT and Bible principles support keeping such an agreement. There is nothing immoral about the EULA and nothing moral about breaking either it or the associated IP laws. It's a lousy agreement that favors Microsoft at your expense, but you agreed to it and it's up to you to either live by it in its entirety or to reject it in its entirety.
I, personally, don't like the EULA. I think it is rotten to the core and that it reflects a corporate sensibility that I find detestable. This is why, even though I have two licenses for Win98, I only use one. The rest of my machines (4) are 100% Linux and there will never be another Microsoft license come into my home while I am still alive.
I have work for that Windows machine but I will not accept the revised EULAs that MSFT distributes with their 'security' patches so I no longer let the Win98 machine have access to the internet because I can't keep it patched.
Dude... a poster higher up the food chain stated clearly and unequivocably that EB stores are corporate owned... there is no question of dealing with a franchise.
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A Visio replacement called "Dia" is available for Linux. I've used both. Dia is 'good enough' without the Visio price tag or having to drag some legacy OS along.
Wow ... I don't miss ANY of those!
... but I won't bother to hit the KVM switch so I can see some standards ignorant web site. (Except for MSIE, none of your 'critical' software is installed on it.)
FWIW, any site that will only display in IE was explicitly written for it and not worth my trouble. I have IE on a box sitting next to me
BTW, Opera is a cross-platform browser. You don't need a MSFT OS to use it.
I have two scanners, two modems, DSL, two monitors, two keyboards, a half-dozen hard drives, 6 video cards, a couple printers and assorted mice running on a collection of desktops and laptops.
On Linux.
I just can't comprehend your hardware problems. I don't seem to have any. In fact,setting up hardware on the one remaining Windows machine is much more difficult than it is on any of the Linux boxes.
I call BS
... and shave an additional $100 off the price if you want Linux instead of Windows)
You didn't even try a google search.
Searched the web for Linux laptop. Results 1 - 20 of about 2,510,000. Search took 0.18 seconds.
If you want geek hardware, shop where the geeks shop.
(Suggest you also consider the used laptop market http://www.piapc.com/ will hand you a very nice laptop for very little money
Copyrights ... ALL of them ... are granted to the creator of the material at the moment of creation, who is then free to disburse them as they see fit, whether for fee or for free.
... you only own the (used) CD's. READ the whole flippin' EULA and recognize that it defines your use of Microsoft products. If you're cool with what you read, Microsoft on, baby. If you're not ... well, there ARE alternatives now.
The fact is, Microsoft DOES write restrictions into its EULA and you DO agree to abide by them in order to use THEIR software. You do NOT own the software, only the media it's written to. Hello people
That EULA, and nothing else, defines your relationship with Microsoft regarding their software. All of the spurious claims of morality come from people who claimed they accepted the EULA, but reneged. Liars and thieves do NOT get to claim 'morality' as their justification for lying and stealing. There are only two ways to reject the Microsoft EULA; 1) don't install their software or 2) if it's already installed, delete it. The EULA constitutes an agreement between you and MSFT and Bible principles support keeping such an agreement. There is nothing immoral about the EULA and nothing moral about breaking either it or the associated IP laws. It's a lousy agreement that favors Microsoft at your expense, but you agreed to it and it's up to you to either live by it in its entirety or to reject it in its entirety.
I, personally, don't like the EULA. I think it is rotten to the core and that it reflects a corporate sensibility that I find detestable. This is why, even though I have two licenses for Win98, I only use one. The rest of my machines (4) are 100% Linux and there will never be another Microsoft license come into my home while I am still alive.
I have work for that Windows machine but I will not accept the revised EULAs that MSFT distributes with their 'security' patches so I no longer let the Win98 machine have access to the internet because I can't keep it patched.
Dude ... a poster higher up the food chain stated clearly and unequivocably that EB stores are corporate owned ... there is no question of dealing with a franchise.
For $1.65 million, even YOU could get some.
Not that you'd know what to do with it, but we've all got to start somewhere.
Where can I order these CD's?
... er ... well, maybe not.
... I used Linux to order the CD's last night so I could patch my final remaining copy of Win98 one last time ... it's all cool.
Online? Oh. Um
Just yanking yer chain