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Playing catch-up
Got fahsands of headers to look at, so if you wonder why I'm replying to
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Playing catch-up
"Rusty Hinge" wrote .. Got fahsands of headers to look at, so if you wonder why I'm replying to items with whishers... You been away then? Anywhere nice? -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK |
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Playing catch-up
Bob Hobden wrote:
"Rusty Hinge" wrote .. Got fahsands of headers to look at, so if you wonder why I'm replying to items with whishers... You been away then? Anywhere nice? No - box went woobly, then Zetnet seems to have died and their suport number had a recorded message on the end of it saying (essentially) "Sod-off - we're busy coping with the mess we've made" and then cutting off the line. So, found another ISP (Paston) and am in a steep learning-curve in an all-Linux environment. -- Rusty |
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Anne Welsh Jackson wrote:
Rusty Hinge wrote: Got fahsands of headers to look at, so if you wonder why I'm replying to items with whishers... Absolutely delighted to see you, auld yin! I don't know if you got any of my emails, so could you email me with what I presume is your new email address? I know a lot of people who will be delighted to hear from you... ;-) How naice... If you didn't get replies, I didn't get the emus. Just take out the foobar - or, with a similar foobarless extension, the old tony.anson monniker serves innit. In touch with meny on the Zetwas forum. -- Rusty |
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"Rusty Hinge" wrote Bob Hobden wrote: "Rusty Hinge" wrote .. Got fahsands of headers to look at, so if you wonder why I'm replying to items with whishers... You been away then? Anywhere nice? No - box went woobly, then Zetnet seems to have died and their suport number had a recorded message on the end of it saying (essentially) "Sod-off - we're busy coping with the mess we've made" and then cutting off the line. So, found another ISP (Paston) and am in a steep learning-curve in an all-Linux environment. Funny enough we have a new PC (Windows 7) and I was thinking of setting the old XP one up as full Open Source, i.e. Ubantu OS etc. just to see the difference. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "Rusty Hinge" wrote Bob Hobden wrote: "Rusty Hinge" wrote .. Got fahsands of headers to look at, so if you wonder why I'm replying to items with whishers... You been away then? Anywhere nice? No - box went woobly, then Zetnet seems to have died and their suport number had a recorded message on the end of it saying (essentially) "Sod-off - we're busy coping with the mess we've made" and then cutting off the line. So, found another ISP (Paston) and am in a steep learning-curve in an all-Linux environment. Funny enough we have a new PC (Windows 7) and I was thinking of setting the old XP one up as full Open Source, i.e. Ubantu OS etc. just to see the difference. Bob, Ubuntu is a breeze to set up. It's quirky fun and I enjoy dabbling with different OS's just for the fun of it. Have 2 XP boxes here networked with the newest Ubuntu running alongside and an XP lappy (work one) and they all "Talk" to each other without a lot of hassle. Have a go........ |
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Bob Hobden wrote:
"Rusty Hinge" wrote Bob Hobden wrote: "Rusty Hinge" wrote .. Got fahsands of headers to look at, so if you wonder why I'm replying to items with whishers... You been away then? Anywhere nice? No - box went woobly, then Zetnet seems to have died and their suport number had a recorded message on the end of it saying (essentially) "Sod-off - we're busy coping with the mess we've made" and then cutting off the line. So, found another ISP (Paston) and am in a steep learning-curve in an all-Linux environment. Funny enough we have a new PC (Windows 7) and I was thinking of setting the old XP one up as full Open Source, i.e. Ubantu OS etc. just to see the difference. The difference is - er - different, IYSWIM. My big box has Debian (Lenny) as OS, and you wouldn't have much trouble with that using Gnome as a 'dektop'. I don't like KDE for that purpose, but since the big box refused to play with anything NT-based, I can't just plug in the Windows tray and use all the usual programs. Unfortunately, the big box is in the study with all its peripherals, where there is no GPRS signal, so either I ove a full tower, scanner, printer, keyboard, monitor, ext HDD, ext CD/VD etc into the front bedroom, or I use this ickle flaptop - which has KDE as a 'desktop' display. If you are thinking of tryig Ubantu (or Knoppix) or similar, I'd suggest that you acquire from the web, or from a coverdisc, a live CD image, and burn it to disc. Then (if you haven't done so already) set your BIOS to boot first from CD. That way you can have the best of both worlds. AFAIK, Windows still can't access EXT2 filesystem -- Rusty |
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