On Wed, 16 May 2007 13:55:14 -0700, Dean G. wrote:
> On May 16, 7:31 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Review: Kubuntu 7.04 (Part I)
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Well today I took a sip of the magical drink and tried out a new
>> | OS (Operating System) on my PC. No, I did not switch to that OS
>> | with the fruit on it. Besides, if I did, I would have to buy a
>> | whole new laptop (even though that does sound tempting).
>
> Uh, no, you wouldn't. You can run Linux from a Live CD. You can run
> Linux from a fairly small partition of your existing hard drive. You
> can run Linux from a USB drive. Unless your laptop is reall old, all
> of these should be options, and if you are looking for an excuse to
> upgrade, at the most you would need to upgrade the hard drive to a
> slightly larger model, and that only if your existing hard drive is
> nearly full.
I believe you missed the part about the fruit - he was merely saying he
did not switch to mac (apple) because that would have required a new
laptop.
>
> Kubuntu 7.04 requires only 3GB of hard drive space for an install, but
> I'd give it at least 10 if you really want to use it and try some add
> on packages. For a weekend trial, 3 might well do the job. As for the
> hard drives, a 100GB (33 times as much as you need) laptop drive runs
> about $100 (US) last time a checked, so if you can get $1200 from your
> employer, more power to you. Just realise your boss might not be the
> brighted bulb in the chandelier.
>
>
>
>> Linux too vanilla? Try this
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | For something which is a real minority player, bearing the same
>> | sort of relationship to Linux as Linux does to Windows - a way
>> | out, off-beat option for those who prefer to eschew the mainstream
>> | -- PC-BSD works really well.
>
> PC-BSD may be closer to Windows than you imagine -- Microsoft decided
> to use the BSD TCP/IP stack when their own efforts proved lackluster.
>
> Dean G.
>
> Only two major products have come out of Berkley - Unix and LSD.
> Coincidence ? You tell me.
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