I was getting Tiger Directs catalogues before I ever got my first PC. They seemed to support Linux well, and even had a Linux keyboard with a Tux key instead the Windows key. When I finally was in a position to buy from them, I found their web site had a huge " We recommend Microsoft Windows" sign and the Linux stuff was no where to be found. I did finally buy some stuff from them but wasn't thrilled by the 2 week shipping time.
Very interesting, but they don't say how the oil could possibly be created. My personal theory is that sulphur eating bacteria is producing the oils deep underground. It has also been recently discovered that bacteria in the ocean floor is creating methane, but I have forgotten what bacteria eats. I was surprised at the amount of natural oil seepage that enters the ocean.
I live in a fringe area with no cable. I can get broadcast channels using rooftop $150 antennas and signal boosters. I got a HDTV tuner and now can see of the channels crystal clear, that is when they are broadcasting, most aren't full time yet. I am only 45 miles from one city but the hills really block the analog signal, while the digital gets through. It might be worth your while to try next year when most will be digital.
I started using Ubuntu becouse I felt I was being spoiled by SUSE and wanted something that was hard to use. If you are a beginner try Xandros, SUSE or Mandrake first. I am giving users Xandros becouse it is simple to use and can even look like Windows.
It sounds like you install had a problem with the X config, you can try startx after logging in but it is probably an unsupported video card. So far I have found that SUSE will install on anything. There is a free version available.
It looks like your talking about a system running Microsoft Windows. You forgot regular temp file cleaning,Defraging, and getting and using a browser alternate rather than IE, and an email alternate rather than OE.
Better yet have them install a Linux distro. I am sending all my old clients Xandros, as I do not have the patience to deal with MS Windows anymore. Then their maintenance consists of backups and udates only. I will also include Mplayer so they can watch any vidio that comes there way.
I thought that the definition of worms made them diffrent from viruses in that they don't need to pick up a ride on a file, they can come on there own. Maybe this is just another public misconception, like when people call crackers, hackers. We all should know that a statement like "I caught a worm from an email sent by a hacker" makes no sense at all.
When I ran 98, I used 98lite, max memory, Ykill, and fresh UI to make everything fast and stable. I can send the links to you. When I got DSL, I started using Linux and have never looked back.
The small size is stunning. It looks like a must have item for the rich kids. I hope for heat sake that they are under-clocking the processor. But what's up with the low memory size?
I just sent Liquidations an email saying their site does not render properly. If everyone did this with every non compliant web site maybe they will start writing good HTML. If I see the problem in/. I will write them too.
Not everyone has cable, it isn't even available to me. In fact more people than you think cannot get cable. DSL was a Godsend, I'm glad I went through the two months of hell to get it.
It seems like I am always typing etc as ect and usr as urs. And then I read it as the correct way. I may be dyslexic, but a real word would be easier to remember.
I installed Fedora core2 test 1 and now I realize that is what trashed my Win98se partition. I told Fedora not to install a bootloader ( I was already using one from mandrake9.2 ) and it couldn't even make a grub boot disc because it wanted to put a kernel on the floppy. I have windows on hda1 and Fedora was on sda10. I couldn't even test it because it kept claiming that I removed the network card and that I had better replace it, ( Core 1 said the same thing) SuSE9.0 on the other hand made a grub boot disk and I boot from that. I guess I don't want to upgrade to the 2.6 kernel soon or maybe never with my hardware.
I'm not sure of the exact release dates, but Windows XP can 'switch user' which is effectively the same, and OS X 10.3 added a very similar but much quicker version in its recent release. Also, both versions are much more secure than X's multiple desktops feature, which doesn't require a password to switch to a different desktop.
You don't understand, Linux can run multiple x sessions of multiple users at the same time. For example, on Mandrake 9.2, my daughter is playing games on the computer in her room, and at the same time I am in the living room, on a win98 box using VNC to access the computer she is using to view my email and browse the web. I am actually using the same computer she is using at the same time, with complete kde desktop that is displayed on the win98 box. It is pretty slow but the computer only has a celeron 500Mhz which runs with a 66Mhz bus. XP probably wouldn't even run on this computer without being cut to the bone.
I don't have WinXP but XPlite should replace the web integrated shell with a more secure version. I put the free 98lite version on every Win98 I have used. The free version is not shareware but the paid version does a lot more. It looks like I will be trying this soon as my mother runs WinXP pro and she already got the blaster worm 1 day before it was discovered. She doesn't use IE but who knows how long it will be till she gets hit again.
Since IE is the shell it is already loaded, notice that the favorites are available in windows explorer. For a true test get XPLite (litepc.com) and remove IE as the shell. Then see how fast IE comes up. On my wife's it is a good 30 sec.
Mandrake isn't for power users, and it has no UI's for a lot of Hardware setups, Try SuSE, though it's probably not for power users either it has a lot of UI's mandrake doesn't have. I was surprised with the joystick UI, I got a analog digital joystick that you have to hand stands to get to work in windows to work perfectly, I couldn't even get Mandrake to see the joystick port. SuSE also has a lot of hot plug support, a lot of this is broken in the 2.6 kernel but when 9.1 comes out this will hopefully be fixed.
Yes I complain about cups to, there seems be no way to clean the jets on my hp printer unless I boot into windows and run the driver. The real problem isn't in cups but is the fact that there is a whole class of operating system not supported by venders. It seems hp doesn't really support Linux as I couldn't even find a tarball, let alone a package. I can't complain to them because I got for free but hp will not be on my list of products to buy when I do have the money. I just hope the tide is turning and drivers will start appearing for new products.
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I was getting Tiger Directs catalogues before I ever got my first PC. They seemed to support Linux well, and even had a Linux keyboard with a Tux key instead the Windows key. When I finally was in a position to buy from them, I found their web site had a huge " We recommend Microsoft Windows" sign and the Linux stuff was no where to be found. I did finally buy some stuff from them but wasn't thrilled by the 2 week shipping time.
Very interesting, but they don't say how the oil could possibly be created. My personal theory is that sulphur eating bacteria is producing the oils deep underground. It has also been recently discovered that bacteria in the ocean floor is creating methane, but I have forgotten what bacteria eats. I was surprised at the amount of natural oil seepage that enters the ocean.
I live in a fringe area with no cable. I can get broadcast channels using rooftop $150 antennas and signal boosters. I got a HDTV tuner and now can see of the channels crystal clear, that is when they are broadcasting, most aren't full time yet. I am only 45 miles from one city but the hills really block the analog signal, while the digital gets through. It might be worth your while to try next year when most will be digital.
I see IBM as possibly planning to finally use a Linux distro on the desktop, and Novell/SUSE being it's choice.
A 404 informative?, what gives?
I started using Ubuntu becouse I felt I was being spoiled by SUSE and wanted something that was hard to use. If you are a beginner try Xandros, SUSE or Mandrake first. I am giving users Xandros becouse it is simple to use and can even look like Windows.
It sounds like you install had a problem with the X config, you can try startx after logging in but it is probably an unsupported video card. So far I have found that SUSE will install on anything. There is a free version available.
It looks like your talking about a system running Microsoft Windows. You forgot regular temp file cleaning ,Defraging, and getting and using a browser alternate rather than IE, and an email alternate rather than OE.
Better yet have them install a Linux distro. I am sending all my old clients Xandros, as I do not have the patience to deal with MS Windows anymore. Then their maintenance consists of backups and udates only. I will also include Mplayer so they can watch any vidio that comes there way.
I thought that the definition of worms made them diffrent from viruses in that they don't need to pick up a ride on a file, they can come on there own. Maybe this is just another public misconception, like when people call crackers, hackers. We all should know that a statement like "I caught a worm from an email sent by a hacker" makes no sense at all.
When I ran 98, I used 98lite, max memory, Ykill, and fresh UI to make everything fast and stable. I can send the links to you. When I got DSL, I started using Linux and have never looked back.
So pretty: http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?re lease=286&slide=13&title=kubuntu+kde+3.4+screensho ts
That is just plain wrong
Mac -1 button
MS Windows -2 buttons
Linux/Unix -3 buttons
Now we know why Linux is better.
ummm, Where do I find it is SUSE?
The small size is stunning. It looks like a must have item for the rich kids. I hope for heat sake that they are under-clocking the processor. But what's up with the low memory size?
I just sent Liquidations an email saying their site does not render properly. If everyone did this with every non compliant web site maybe they will start writing good HTML. If I see the problem in /. I will write them too.
Not everyone has cable, it isn't even available to me. In fact more people than you think cannot get cable. DSL was a Godsend, I'm glad I went through the two months of hell to get it.
It seems like I am always typing etc as ect and usr as urs. And then I read it as the correct way. I may be dyslexic, but a real word would be easier to remember.
I installed Fedora core2 test 1 and now I realize that is what trashed my Win98se partition. I told Fedora not to install a bootloader ( I was already using one from mandrake9.2 ) and it couldn't even make a grub boot disc because it wanted to put a kernel on the floppy. I have windows on hda1 and Fedora was on sda10. I couldn't even test it because it kept claiming that I removed the network card and that I had better replace it, ( Core 1 said the same thing) SuSE9.0 on the other hand made a grub boot disk and I boot from that. I guess I don't want to upgrade to the 2.6 kernel soon or maybe never with my hardware.
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I'm not sure of the exact release dates, but Windows XP can 'switch user' which is effectively the same, and OS X 10.3 added a very similar but much quicker version in its recent release. Also, both versions are much more secure than X's multiple desktops feature, which doesn't require a password to switch to a different desktop.
You don't understand, Linux can run multiple x sessions of multiple users at the same time. For example, on Mandrake 9.2, my daughter is playing games on the computer in her room, and at the same time I am in the living room, on a win98 box using VNC to access the computer she is using to view my email and browse the web. I am actually using the same computer she is using at the same time, with complete kde desktop that is displayed on the win98 box. It is pretty slow but the computer only has a celeron 500Mhz which runs with a 66Mhz bus. XP probably wouldn't even run on this computer without being cut to the bone.
I don't have WinXP but XPlite should replace the web integrated shell with a more secure version. I put the free 98lite version on every Win98 I have used. The free version is not shareware but the paid version does a lot more. It looks like I will be trying this soon as my mother runs WinXP pro and she already got the blaster worm 1 day before it was discovered. She doesn't use IE but who knows how long it will be till she gets hit again.
Since IE is the shell it is already loaded, notice that the favorites are available in windows explorer. For a true test get XPLite (litepc.com) and remove IE as the shell. Then see how fast IE comes up. On my wife's it is a good 30 sec.
Mandrake isn't for power users, and it has no UI's for a lot of Hardware setups, Try SuSE, though it's probably not for power users either it has a lot of UI's mandrake doesn't have. I was surprised with the joystick UI, I got a analog digital joystick that you have to hand stands to get to work in windows to work perfectly, I couldn't even get Mandrake to see the joystick port. SuSE also has a lot of hot plug support, a lot of this is broken in the 2.6 kernel but when 9.1 comes out this will hopefully be fixed.
Yes I complain about cups to, there seems be no way to clean the jets on my hp printer unless I boot into windows and run the driver. The real problem isn't in cups but is the fact that there is a whole class of operating system not supported by venders. It seems hp doesn't really support Linux as I couldn't even find a tarball, let alone a package. I can't complain to them because I got for free but hp will not be on my list of products to buy when I do have the money. I just hope the tide is turning and drivers will start appearing for new products.