__/ [ 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. :-/
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| Microsoft announced Product Support Lifecycle Policy as early as October
| 15, 2002.
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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),
Roy
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