On Friday 06 August 2004 15:39, Tomas Tudja wrote: > BTW who is using yahoo mail with a box called mdk for messages from > this list? :> > > Tomas Tudja > 136 Church Road > N17 8AJ > London, UK > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hysteria.sk/catcher > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tomas Tudja > Sent: 06 August 2004 12:58 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [newbie] tools for partitioning and formatting > harddrive(diatribe alert) > > > Hmm... > I was hating MS products just as rest of you (2 or 3 years ago) and > was using debian/freeBSD/mdk ONLY. But... I find winxp2k2 as a very > good OS (stable, nice, supported). I understand, why is everybody > from here upset with MS, I was using win98, winme and theese systems > really sucks. But it is a easy way to use winxp2k2 without problems. > Other way I am a system administrator (actually preparing myself for > MCSA certification) and I REALLY KNOW THE WAY HOW TO ADMINISTER > WINXP2K2 AT USE IT AS AN STRONG AND STABLE SYSTEM. I have no problem > with both of the systems. I am using MS OSes about 10 years and > GNU/Linux about 7. I am with Mandrake from MandrakeLinux 7.0 AIR > release (do anybody remember this version? :>) But I just see it as a > good way to take advantage of PC by using both of the systems. > Outlook XP (no Outlook Express) is a very powerfull tool. Maybe it > would be more easy to let Linux on your machines managing just > network connection, routing, firewalling, samba, mplayer and playing > mp3 by mpg123 and use internet by easy way under winxp. > > Tomas Tudja > 136 Church Road > N17 8AJ > London, UK > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hysteria.sk/catcher > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lyvim Xaphir > Sent: 06 August 2004 07:18 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] tools for partitioning and formatting > harddrive(diatribe alert) > > On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 01:45, Charles A Edwards wrote: > > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 01:26:54 -0400 > > > > Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > Go easy, Charles; this is the newbie list and we don't know > > > anything > > > > > > about him. > > > > I meant no offence to him personally only to his usage of > > applications. > > > > Were there no linux MUA which I believed to be either equivalent, > > not to mention superior, to OE my mouth would have remained > > securely silent. > > > > As to being a Newbie, on this my main system I run cooker and in > > aspect in Some relations I equate my knowledge to that level But in > > others for which I have little usage I Am myself still a newbie and > > will always be. > > I understand, I just got off the phone with a relative whom I told > that IE was a very poor choice for a browser client. > > I just hang around so that I can occasionally help and encourage the > newbies that come on the list. > > Lots of times the newbies are exploring Linux as an alternative and > are wholly unaware that they are probably compromised by their use of > XP and are themselves virus spreading agents because of it. > Sometimes, like Tomas, their english is weak and they have trouble > enunciating what they mean; plus sometimes they are unaware of the > total angst that we Linux users have for Micro$haft or even the > reasons why. > > Take care, > > LX > > LX
>-- Sorry, probably I am dumb, but I don't understand... Who is LX? See above. Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux user #363264 http://counter.li.org
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