Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> A Windows error on a gas pump
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> | It’s a Windows XP error that says: “The file or directory C:
> | \\XPE_ROOT\system32 is corrupt and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk
> | utility.”
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> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/07/10/a-windows-error-on-a-gas-pump/
>
> Why is Everything so Stupid on Windows?
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> | Sorry, I just had to ask. I can get away with saying it just once per year.
> | This is it. Hold your fire.
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> http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=why_is_everything_so_stupid_on_windows&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
>
> Windows Vista: Secure Or Just Frustrating?
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> | The problem with Vista’s security implementation is that lots of warning
> | dialog boxes don't provide security. Users get frustrated and eventually stop
> | reading them altogether. They think of them as annoyances, an extra click
> | required to get a feature to work. Is Windows Vista really more secure than
> | the operating systems that preceded it, or simply more frustrating? Since
> | Microsoft left us with no choice but to buy a PC with Vista pre-installed,
> | we’re inevitably stuck with it. Let the frustration begin.
> `----
>
> http://www.theitarticles.com/windows-vista-secure-or-just-frustrating/264/
Folks can buy a Dell with Ubuntu on it. Dell has announced the
expansion of their marketing to other countries, with even more Dell
systems!
Anyone can get a Lenovo system with GNU/Linux (Yes, it's all designed by
IBM, who has invested $1 Billion per year in Linux, since 2000, and has
stated on their SEC reports that they got every penny back, plus,
profits, on their Linux Blade Servers and Linux products).
Anybody can order a complete GNU/Linux machine, from System76.
More vendors are at http://linux.org and in any search of
http://google.com/linux
Or, grab any used Compaq, HP, Gateway, Dell, or eMachine system and
install from a Live CDrom.
I agree with the many knowledgeable governments, Fortune 1,000
businesses, NASA, and Universities, in recommending Mepis, PCLinuxOS,
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, at http://livecdlist.com or http://distrowatch.com or
from a CD or DVD from http://cheapbytes.com
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