Wrong! Try a live CD (I would suggest Mepis, which is downloadable using M$ wonderful system if you wish, from a link given on Mepis.org, ). This will load off the CD drive, & run on your computer. It will not affect the harddisc unless you tell it to. If you do try this, I think you will see that the general operation is very similar to that commercial operating system, and there is generally very little problem configuring the system. (There are provisos tho: some hardware eg Winmodems, that are not always detected. Some programs away from the mainstream may require a little gigging to get working: an example could be one I have seen: Qcad, a CAD program available for Linux, which I had to Google an issue with printer configuration to find out how to fix, but this was an extreme case.) Also the help is now very good, and help is available for even the most esoteric problem you find - sometimes better than Commercial programs- occasionally the original software developer will answer a query put on a Help list.
So, please try it! I really think it is worth the effort. regards Doug On Friday 28 October 2005 1:08, Jason and Katie wrote: > i would be more than happy to use Linux, but i dont have the time to sit > down and LEARN it. all the coding options and different ways to configure > it, i would definitely spend as much time repairing my mistakes as i would > configuring my computer, and quite frankly, if i want to do that, i'd have > to take a years vacation. it may even be completely idiot proof, but im > just that special kind of idiot that manages to find a way to screw it up. > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
