RE: [newbie] Wine for Dummies Tutorial?

2003-12-08 Thread Scott St. John
Melissa- Have you checked the Wine list to see if that program is supported? -Scott -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Melissa Reese Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 2:02 PM To: MDK Newbie Subject: [newbie] Wine for Dummies Tutorial?

RE: [newbie] Wine for Dummies Tutorial?

2003-12-08 Thread Scott St. John
Hi Melissa- I didn't see it listed there, but thought I'd give it a try anyway. How else will I know if it can work or not? Or, must each program be specifically addressed by the writers of Wine before it even has a chance of working? What does MessageCleaner do? I am not familiar with it? In

RE: [newbie] Wine for Dummies Tutorial?

2003-12-08 Thread Scott St. John
, 2003 2:51 PM To: Scott St. John Subject: Re: [newbie] Wine for Dummies Tutorial? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Scott, I may well find some or all of these features in the various Linux email/news clients and text editors, but until I get to know all that they're capable of, I

[newbie] 9.1 - few laptop questions

2003-04-04 Thread Scott St. John
Hi Gang- I can't get over how solid Mandrake 9.1 is and I have been using it since 6.5 - not since the 7 series have I been this excited about it and can't wait for my Power Pack to arrive. I have a few questions - I am running 9.1 on a Sony Vaio GRX 560 Laptop with ACPI. I have sound, but

Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ?

2003-04-04 Thread Scott St. John
On Friday 04 April 2003 08:54 am, J. Kelley Jernigan wrote: It isn't about money for me. So for my foray in Linux has cost me more than WinXP would have. I've gone to Linux because I don't like the new M$ licensing scheme or the direction M$ is going. I also tend to monkey with the hardware