Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ wispygalaxy on Wednesday 08 July 2009 22:38 : \____
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> I was going to be back online tomorrow,
>>
>> Well, we missed you! :D
>
> Reciprocal! :-)
Hehe, I appreciate the sentiment! xx
>> I haven't seen you in a while...
>>
>>> but I really got a kick learning
>>> that General Electric had dumped Windows (in some parts) from OpenSUSE.
>>> Sure, it's not the best choice out there, but even Ballnux beats
>>> Ballmer's Vis-tah!
>>>
>>> Sign of the times...
>>
>> Yes, Vista is a disaster. It is making people switch to Linux!
>>
>>> G-E and MS filed jointly for swpats in the EU (EBoA referral), but
>>> Windows ain't for them.
>>>
>>> One last thing: PCLinuxOS 2009 is fantastic.
>>
>> I was going to try it out early last year, but Debian won my heart. ;)
>
> It's mostly the same underneath. PCLinuxOS 2009 is like Mandriva on
> steroids (more software)... still RPM based.
I want to try out RPM-based distros, like Fedora. I'm not scared at all.
More software is great.
> My sister at GE is getting to
> grips with Linux as well.
Tell your sister good luck!
> The employer /forces/ it (along with Java/C++...
> they don't do dotNYET).
Oh, they make her use it? I'd be angry if they shoved .NYET in my face!
They use Java, and that's a relief.
>My brother put Mandriva on his laptop.
So, you got your brother to use Mandriva... I knew it would be a success!
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