Well I am sure not going to be the one to try to defend Windows, especially
since the reason I even tried Linux was because of Windows crashes.
Jeanette
----- Original Message -----
From: Ripcrd6 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] True quality!
> Jeanette, can I just say a few things to put this in perspective. How
> many times have you installed Windows? Or had to reinstall due to crash
of
> OS or hard drive? I've had to do it about six times on one machine and I
> don't even count anymore on other PCs. The first couple of times were a
> real pain but later I understood better what I was doing. What made it
> bad was I had the original OEM version on floppy (actually 13 of them).
> After the hour long install then I had longer than that to download all
the
> updates from MS. At least twelve files and definitely twelve reboots
> later I had all the updates. But, not all the bugs have been fixed.
>
> I have only installed Mandrake 5.3 three times on that old P-60 and that's
> not due to a crash, but due to my wanting to play with partition sizes.
> It just worked. It's up to ME though to LEARN how to use it. I once
> stared at the Windows 95 screen also wondering what I could do w/ it.
But
> shortly I started mucking around and tweaking settings and stuff. Key
> thing to remember w/ Linux: don't do this as root or you are asking for
> trouble.
> Brian
>
> "My God, it's full of penguins!"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeanette Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>
> >This is after all a newbie list. People who are not computer experts.
My
> >trade is Social Worker. I have an interest in computers and if you saw
my
> >apt you would see stacks on Linux books. However it seems like when I
try
> >stuff I just get error message after error message and problem after
> >problem, and I get in deeper and deeper until reinstall is the only fix.
> I
> >really don't have time to spend weeks to fix a problem. I know people
> like
> >to fix stuff but I prefer stuff that works out of the box. This is the
> >last post I will make on this subject so If you want to flame me for
this
> >go ahead but don't expect a reply from me on this subject.
> >Jeanette
> >
> <snip all to end>
>
>
