On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:56:54 CST, Hal wrote:

On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:27:37 CST, Derek Broughton
wrote:

Hell, no! The only fun I had with Vista was removing it. I run Kubuntu
Linux.

I admire you folks that can do that. I tried Ubuntu, but my hammer
and chisel background wasn't helpful.

I have found that my WiFi signal reaches all around my pond, so I can
stay in touch with the Internet even on the far side of the pond. I
have also noticed that with one DVD of openSUSE Linux it shrinks the
Windows XP partition and installs Linux so that even the built-in
wireless connection in my laptop works perfectly with Linux (it also
found my built-in card reader, the USB ports, just about everything)
with virtually no input from me. I had to tell it what time zone I'm
in, and what language to use, that sort of thing, but the installation
was virtually automatic. The end result is that now I have a
dual-boot system, that is, when I turn it on, it prompts me to either
select Windows or Linux. To make matters even sweeter, there is a
program called "Wine" that lets you run lots of Windows programs under
Linux. As a matter of fact, I'm using Agent (a Windows program) with
Wine running Linux right now. Vista's not quite as straightforward
right now but I have a dual-boot machine running Linux and Vista. It's
a little harder (not much) but it can be done. I don't want to say
it's so easy even a caveman can do it, but it is certainly not beyond
pondfolk.
--
Galen Hekhuis
I have no recollection of recalling that...