Rex Teague wrote:
On Friday 17 November 2006 18:38, Rik Tindall wrote:
[...]
You'd find Xubuntu an easier route, on slow gear. If you want a
desktop GUI included.
..straight out the Puppy kennel.
True. I've tried it also - an impressive 238MB install.
With the o/s construction so s
On Friday 17 November 2006 18:38, Rik Tindall wrote:
[...]
> You'd find Xubuntu an easier route, on slow gear. If you want a
> desktop GUI included.
Based on our experiments, true to a very limited extent and that is
borne out by several Internet reports.
If you want to make old gear zing use Pu
Steve Holdoway wrote:
On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:49:39 +1300
TH & CD Maher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
Oh and by the way don't hold it against me but I am Australian.
:)
Chris Maher.
Don't worry... they even let us poms on the list as well (:
Steve
You're welcome Steve - we wouldn't hav
H & CD Maher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 16 November 2006 11:05 p.m.
To: CLUGList
Subject: dumb like me...?
Is there ANYONE else on this list who does not have an in depth knowledge of
Linux but is subcribed 'coz they like reading it and they're interested in
gett
Kerry Mayes wrote:
The easiest dual boot installs I ever did were with Mandrake (now
Mandriva). It just asked how much to reduce the windoze partition by
and did it flawlessly. When my daughter tried this with Ubuntu it
destroyed her windoze installation.
No, your daughter "destroyed her wi
The easiest dual boot installs I ever did were with Mandrake (now
Mandriva). It just asked how much to reduce the windoze partition by and
did it flawlessly. When my daughter tried this with Ubuntu it destroyed her
windoze installation.
Pretty sure I had a version of mdk working on my p2 300Mhz
On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:49:39 +1300
TH & CD Maher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
> Oh and by the way don't hold it against me but I am Australian.
>
> :)
>
> Chris Maher.
Don't worry... they even let us poms on the list as well (:
Steve
Rik Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmmm.. tough one.
>
> TH & CD Maher wrote:
> > Is there ANYONE else on this list who does not have an in depth knowledge
> > of Linux but is subcribed 'coz they like reading it and they're interested
> > in getting into Linux? Can everyone that wan
Rik Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Scratch that.. / 'Hi Chris'
>
> > TH & CD Maher wrote:
> >> studies at Massey extramurally
>
> do I recall you saying you lived in Hamilton? have u met WLUG?
>
> cheers
> --
> Rik
Hamilton no and WLUG no. I'm from Marlborough but am thinking of m
On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:05:34 +1300
Rik Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmmm.. tough one.
>
> TH & CD Maher wrote:
> > Is there ANYONE else on this list who does not have an in depth knowledge
> > of Linux but is subcribed 'coz they like reading it and they're interested
> > in getting into
Scratch that.. / 'Hi Chris'
TH & CD Maher wrote:
studies at Massey extramurally
do I recall you saying you lived in Hamilton? have u met WLUG?
cheers
--
Rik
Hmmm.. tough one.
TH & CD Maher wrote:
Is there ANYONE else on this list who does not have an in depth knowledge of
Linux but is subcribed 'coz they like reading it and they're interested in
getting into Linux? Can everyone that wants to let me know their technical
background...just out of i
Yep, I'm a linux dummy. But this list has been the way to go. The
difficulty with linux can be that, when you know so little, you can't even
work out what question you should ask! Some of my early questions were
non-sensical - the list was very helpful.
I like the packaged solutions and my stra
Robert Fisher wrote:
> On Thursday 16 November 2006 11:04 pm, TH & CD Maher wrote:
>
>> Is there ANYONE else on this list who does not have an in depth knowledge
>> of Linux
>>
>
> Well 4 years ago I knew nothing of Linux but I bought Red Hat 7.3 and
> installed it myself (although I strug
On Thursday 16 November 2006 11:04 pm, TH & CD Maher wrote:
> Is there ANYONE else on this list who does not have an in depth knowledge
> of Linux
Well 4 years ago I knew nothing of Linux but I bought Red Hat 7.3 and
installed it myself (although I struggled with the winmodem until I got an
exte
Is there ANYONE else on this list who does not have an in depth knowledge of
Linux but is subcribed 'coz they like reading it and they're interested in
getting into Linux? Can everyone that wants to let me know their technical
background...just out of interest sake?
Me-I've dabbled with Java,
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