Re: [newbie] Living in the real world - Win4Lin4 NO INTEREST TO GEEK FOLKS

2002-03-23 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
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Re: [newbie] Living in the real world - Win4Lin4 NO INTEREST TO GEEK FOLKS

2002-03-23 Thread john rigby
Subject: Re: [newbie] Living in the real world - Win4Lin4 NO INTEREST TO GEEK FOLKS > Wordperfect was one of the first things I got going myself after I started using > GNU/Linux. I had next to no GNU/Linux experience at the time, but I found the > installation to be a breeze. It is a free

Re: [newbie] Living in the real world - Win4Lin4 NO INTEREST TO GEEK FOLKS

2002-03-21 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:16:48 +1000, "john rigby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even Civilme (the resident expert on the Newbie list) THOUGHT he was putting > me in my place by telling me that in some Govt Dept they had some typistes > *actually* using Linux and olde Star Office. BUT then went on an

Re: [newbie] Living in the real world - Win4Lin4 NO INTEREST TO GEEK FOLKS

2002-03-21 Thread Miark
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:16:48 +1000, "john rigby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly: > I almost fell off my highchair when I learned it is limited to 64k. Considering that's not true, I would have fallen out of my chair, too. > Even Civilme (the resident expert on the Newbie list) THOUGHT he was

Re: [newbie] Living in the real world - Win4Lin4 NO INTEREST TO GEEK FOLKS

2002-03-21 Thread Robin Turner
On Thursday 21 March 2002 16:45, Michael Scottaline wrote: [snippet] > Nope! Got home home computer and a notebook (that old Toshiba) hooked up > with an external modem on the very first try. I just followed the > directions . I think Mike hit the nail on the head there. OK, there are plenty

Re: [newbie] Living in the real world - Win4Lin4 NO INTEREST TO GEEK FOLKS

2002-03-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 21 March 2002 02:50 am, James Thomas wrote: > I generally avoid these kinds of discussions but I feel compelled > to respond. Thanks for not including the original troll ;) Best way to handle is to put 'em on ignore. > One runs 8.1 and the other 8.2rc1 (I see no reason to go

Re: [newbie] Living in the real world - Win4Lin4 NO INTEREST TO GEEK FOLKS

2002-03-21 Thread Todd Slater
Since nobody on this list is a non-geek in your mind, isn't your message a colossal waste of your time? ZZZzz . . . *plonk* -- Todd Slater What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook. (Henry David Thoreau) On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:16

Re: [newbie] Living in the real world - Win4Lin4 NO INTEREST TO GEEK FOLKS

2002-03-21 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:16:48 +1000 "john rigby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even Civilme (the resident expert on the Newbie list) THOUGHT he was > putting me in my place by telling me that in some Govt Dept they had > some typistes*actually* using Linux and olde Star Office. BUT then went > on

Re: [newbie] Living in the real world - Win4Lin4 NO INTEREST TO GEEK FOLKS

2002-03-21 Thread James Thomas
I generally avoid these kinds of discussions but I feel compelled to respond. I have two computers, both of which use Linux (one dual boots WinXp so I can play games and use my SanDisk card reader as it's not yet supported under Linux). One runs 8.1 and the other 8.2rc1 (I see no reason to go

[newbie] Living in the real world - Win4Lin4 NO INTEREST TO GEEK FOLKS

2002-03-20 Thread john rigby
Hello Non-geeks, Good news - but like the Curate's egg, only - "quite good in parts" :-) Win4lin is to release a new product soon which will release more memory for operations in Windoze. I almost fell off my highchair when I learned it is limited to 64k. BUT apparently is