__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 24 July 2006 16:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:08:45 +0100
> <1203070.1uYgRoYs0M@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 21 July 2006 19:00 \__
>>
>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, gagnonrchrd@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <gagnonrchrd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote
>>> on 21 Jul 2006 08:19:47 -0700
>>> <1153495187.106614.151830@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> B Gruff wrote:
>>>>> On Friday 21 July 2006 11:41 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Dual-booting Windows and Linux the easy way (Linux.com videos)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > An excellent step-by-step videos-based guide. There is no longer a
>>>>> > reason to have any machine in the house/office which is Windows-only.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/20/1654251
>>>>>
>>>>> Not just that.
>>>>> Couple this with the Gparted page:-
>>>>>
>>>>> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
>>>>>
>>>>> - and I reckon that even my remote Windows friends (using the live CD)
>>>>> will have a superb replacement for Partition Magic, free, and yet
>>>>> another introduction to FOSS?
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the replies but I have tried Partition Magic 8.0 and Qparted
>>>> and both ask me questions I have no answer for. I will live with what I
>>>> have. I am only a user and I will never be able to understand
>>>> partitioning. I know my limitations.
>>>> When 98se is no longer usable I will convert that machine to some Linux
>>>> distro.
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/gp/lifean18
>>>
>>> Consider yourself warned. :-/
>>
>> ,----[ Snippet ]
>> | Microsoft announced Product Support Lifecycle Policy as early as October
>> | 15, 2002.
>> `----
>>
>> And the 'Linux threat' had it extended, and extended, and extended...
>>
>> Now they want these machines to become thin clients when, as a a matter of
>> fact, these machine can be converted to become modern,
>> more-functional-than-ever-before Linux boxes (jumping almost a decade
>> ahead without hardware upgrades, nor cost). Plus all the free software
>> that come bundled with the chosen (as in **CHOICE**) distribution...
>>
>> Best wishes (and good luck, Rich),
>
> Eh? I'm not Rich. I'm not even rich. :-) I'm not poor either, but I'm
> definitely not rich. :-)
*smirk*
Me neither. I came from a very average home. But at least we don't use very
average desktop environments...
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