Sorry If this is addressed elswhere. I didn't see it an my unexpanded thread. What about W2K? I made a Bart's boot W2k CD and routinely wipe XP from any system under my control, then reinstall W2K. I've a dozen or so computers with valid XP licenses running W2k. Am I likely to run afoul of MS?
For 3 years I have been installing linux about evey six months on a stand alone box dedicated to monitoring for the day I can make the switch to Linux. The box has changed as new generations of hardware appear. A very few apps keep me with Win2k but Mandrake Linux 10.1 is perfect for the sytems I recently set up for my wife and her 6 out of state sisters. I set them up with Open Office, email, a browser, IM client and even a few Windows games on Wine. The savings on my long distance paid for the computers. I tried this first with Windows but viruses, spyware and the propensity of their kids to install a dozen file swapping apps etc screwed the computers. Don't tell me to keep administrative priviiges to myself. A local person has to have them sometime and the kids always find out. So far Linux is a mystery to them and if they do figure it out, they will become tech support.
Anyway, I see a lot about Linux for the power user hacker, but for me Linux is now perfectly suited for grandma's desktop.
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Sorry If this is addressed elswhere. I didn't see it an my unexpanded thread. What about W2K? I made a Bart's boot W2k CD and routinely wipe XP from any system under my control, then reinstall W2K. I've a dozen or so computers with valid XP licenses running W2k. Am I likely to run afoul of MS?
For 3 years I have been installing linux about evey six months on a stand alone box dedicated to monitoring for the day I can make the switch to Linux. The box has changed as new generations of hardware appear. A very few apps keep me with Win2k but Mandrake Linux 10.1 is perfect for the sytems I recently set up for my wife and her 6 out of state sisters. I set them up with Open Office, email, a browser, IM client and even a few Windows games on Wine. The savings on my long distance paid for the computers. I tried this first with Windows but viruses, spyware and the propensity of their kids to install a dozen file swapping apps etc screwed the computers. Don't tell me to keep administrative priviiges to myself. A local person has to have them sometime and the kids always find out. So far Linux is a mystery to them and if they do figure it out, they will become tech support. Anyway, I see a lot about Linux for the power user hacker, but for me Linux is now perfectly suited for grandma's desktop.