On Saturday 23 August 2003 17:37, you wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Julian Visch wrote:
> > On Friday 22 August 2003 18:09, you wrote:
> >>I purchased a PC from DSE for that reason alone...unfortunately they
> >>seem to have canned selling the machine, since very few people took
> >>the opportunity to buy
Hi there,
Julian Visch wrote:
On Friday 22 August 2003 18:09, you wrote:
I purchased a PC from DSE for that reason alone...unfortunately they
seem to have canned selling the machine, since very few people took
the opportunity to buy one. On top of that the training provided to
staff to actually '
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:09:44 +1200
Chris Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I purchased a PC from DSE for that reason alone...unfortunately they
> seem to have canned selling the machine, since very few people took
> the opportunity to buy one. On top of that the training provided to
> staff t
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 09:28, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 05:11, you wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 09:12, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > > On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:09, you wrote:
> > > > I purchased a PC from DSE for that reason alone...unfortunately they
> > > > seem to have c
On Friday 22 August 2003 18:09, you wrote:
> I purchased a PC from DSE for that reason alone...unfortunately they
> seem to have canned selling the machine, since very few people took
> the opportunity to buy one. On top of that the training provided to
> staff to actually 'sell' it was basically
A shop recently opened in Nelson, offering, if I remember correctly,
systems without Windows for >$100 less than those with. I dropped in to
investigate. The salesgirl suggested that a non-Windows PC would be
useful to the customer who already had a copy of Windows to transfer
over. No mention o
Hi there,
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:09, you wrote:
I purchased a PC from DSE for that reason alone...unfortunately they
seem to have canned selling the machine, since very few people took
the opportunity to buy one.
According to the manager in the Columbo St. shop the dif
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 05:11, you wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 09:12, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:09, you wrote:
> > > I purchased a PC from DSE for that reason alone...unfortunately they
> > > seem to have canned selling the machine, since very few people took
> > > the op
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 09:12, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:09, you wrote:
>
> > I purchased a PC from DSE for that reason alone...unfortunately they
> > seem to have canned selling the machine, since very few people took
> > the opportunity to buy one.
> According to the mana
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:09, you wrote:
> I purchased a PC from DSE for that reason alone...unfortunately they
> seem to have canned selling the machine, since very few people took
> the opportunity to buy one.
According to the manager in the Columbo St. shop the difficulty is the
combination of av
Hi there,
David Mann wrote:
Chris Wilkinson wrote:
Yes it is true. Some distros have an installation that makes
climbing K2 seem like a picnic! A linux distro that is simplified
massively just for home use is urgently required to capitalise
on the current doubt people must feel about Windows.
Or
Chris Wilkinson wrote:
> Yes it is true. Some distros have an installation that makes
> climbing K2 seem like a picnic! A linux distro that is simplified
> massively just for home use is urgently required to capitalise
> on the current doubt people must feel about Windows.
Or other vendors could
I must say I've found that to be the case, probably
due rather than ease but just the time involved in
installing XP and then having to go through the hassle
of registering it
Kerry
--- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > strangely
there a number of reviews about that say
> distros like
> ma
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:18, you wrote:
> Immortals like us can cope with that, but some Windows people cannot
> fathom even some very simple computer concepts...
Main problem seems to be that such people are functionally illiterate.
I've now met 3 people who simply could not read and understand the
Hi there,
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:23, you wrote:
Hi there,
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
"emerge vegastrike" is less than 50 characters. :-)
My 13 and a half year old has been doing that kind of command for about
18 months now.
What if the game is not in the current emerg
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:23, you wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > "emerge vegastrike" is less than 50 characters. :-)
> > My 13 and a half year old has been doing that kind of command for about
> > 18 months now.
>
> What if the game is not in the current emerge tree? I can find
Hi there,
Gareth Williams wrote:
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 20:23, Chris Wilkinson wrote:
Sadly still not as easy as clicking on 'game_installer.exe' on a site,
then clicking 'Open' when explorer asks you...
but a little more safe, I would hope ;-)
Infinitely safer would be closer to reality...
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 20:23, Chris Wilkinson wrote:
> Sadly still not as easy as clicking on 'game_installer.exe' on a site,
> then clicking 'Open' when explorer asks you...
but a little more safe, I would hope ;-)
Well I have to say that even though I prefer Gentoo (once past the
installation stage) I find Mandrake easier to install than Windows. (It
was also the only distro which detected the on-board nic on an old
Compaq 6000 server - RH9, Gentoo, Knoppix did not)
Rob
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 17:25, Chris W
Hi there,
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
"emerge vegastrike" is less than 50 characters. :-)
My 13 and a half year old has been doing that kind of command for about 18
months now.
What if the game is not in the current emerge tree? I can find a linux
game I've never heard of every day if I try to (an
Well having installed a fair few Windows, a few OS/2s and even a coupla Macs
in my time, as well as Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware and SLS, I would have to
say that Mandrake and Red Hat can install a lot easier than most Windows.
Of course, once you factor in the inevitable partitioning - inevitab
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 19:40, you wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Nick Rout wrote:
> > strangely there a number of reviews about that say distros like
> > mandrake have easier installs than XP.
>
> No doubt there...my friend at work and her boyfriend just got
> a new Athlon PC with win xp...took her several go
Hi there,
Nick Rout wrote:
strangely there a number of reviews about that say distros like
mandrake have easier installs than XP.
No doubt there...my friend at work and her boyfriend just got
a new Athlon PC with win xp...took her several goes to get the
50 digit activation right!
I certainly find
strangely there a number of reviews about that say distros like
mandrake have easier installs than XP.
I certainly find gentoo an easier install to get _working_ than any
version of windows, but i'm not a newbie. (tongue in cheek only
slightly)
seriously though Chris, did you find mandrake that h
Hi there,
Peter Elliott wrote:
his only caveat was that the installation might be beyond
> the capabilities of some listeners (this is true...
Yes it is true. Some distros have an installation that makes
climbing K2 seem like a picnic! A linux distro that is simplified
massively just for home use
nice.
and then there was linda clarke talking to "the scotsman"[1] on national radio's nine
to noon yesterday morning at about 11:55am.
she asked if other operating systems were more secure than MS and he said well, yes,
at least they claim to be and specifically mentioned linux in this regard -
Who is Paul Griswald?
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:10, you wrote:
> Who just saw Pam Corkery interviewing Paul Griswald on the MS blaster
> virus on 'the last word' (TV1) ?
>
> blah
> blah
> Pam: So who should I blame - is my ISP responsible for stopping this stuff
> ? Paul: Well personally I blame MS
Who just saw Pam Corkery interviewing Paul Griswald on the MS blaster
virus on 'the last word' (TV1) ?
blah
blah
Pam: So who should I blame - is my ISP responsible for stopping this stuff ?
Paul: Well personally I blame MS for leaving such gaping security holes
in their SW.
LOL
; )
/cb
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