Re: XP license to 2nd computer legal?


<Haggard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:30:45 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Jim writes:

What about the Linux distribution that you have detailed experience
with?

I haven't played with Linux in several years. It refused to install
when I tried it, so I gave up.

You haven't used Linux in years. Yet you attempt to speak with
authority. I had a feeling you were an M$ shill. Goodbye.

This is the exact attitude that turns folks away from Linux. My main system
consists of Suse and Win XP. Using the "$" instead of the S is a very good
example, and calling anyone a MS shill is another. Linux is a hobby for me,
period. I have been messing around with it for many years. I just installed
64bit Suse 10.1 Final yesterday afternoon and it is buggier than any new
version of Windows has ever been, but it worked. One interesting thing I saw
on first boot is a "Found new hardware" popup for my Gigabit ethernet card
and my HP printer, just like Windows it installed the drivers and they
worked. It has a nice GUI and looks a lot like Windows right down to the My
Computer icon. My major problem is that I don't have an Nvidia graphics
card, so no 64bit drivers for my PCIE X850 ATI card yet. It isn't a really
big deal since I have little use for OpenGl with what I use Linux for
anyway. It would be nice to have though. Nothing is perfect, and for the
average Joe Blow down the street Linux is not an option for him. Even YOU
would have to admit that. I like to tinker, and even at 56yrs old, I like to
learn something new everyday. If I have a day that I am having problems
doing so I just boot into Suse.......:-). A little bit of digging and,
voila, I can learn something new...........:-)

Ed


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