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Skriven 2007-01-23 20:32:15 av John Massey (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 26409 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
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Ed Hulett -> John Massey wrote:


 JM>> I see you guys talking about Linux, What about it makes it better than
 JM>> MS XP or 2000?

 EH> Linux doesn't have as much overhead as Windows has. Much of that
 EH> overhead in Windows is there to make the computing experience easier on
 EH> the user.

 EH> Linux has a bit of a learning curve, but once you know what you are
 EH> doing, you can do anything with it that you can with Windows.

 EH> There are several new distributions of Linux that are almost as easy for
 EH>  the casual computer user as M$ Windows. *Almost.*

 EH> The top distro in that category is Ubuntu Linux. It has an easy
 EH> graphical installer and a familiar look and feel for most M$ users.

 JM>> Isn't Linux more for people that know a lot about how computer work
 EH> amd
 JM>> how to program them, as opposed to those of us that just use them?

 EH> Many distributions are not aimed at the average user and should be
 EH> avoided if you are just interested in taking a look. Distros like
 EH> Ubuntu, Knoppix, Gentoo, Linspire, etc. are more mainstream and don't
 EH> have as steep a learning curve as, for example, Slackware (although
 EH> Slack is getting easier to install and use with each new release).

 EH> I'd suggest for you to just stick with M$ Windows unless you want to
 EH> play around with Linux a bit. Ubuntu, Knoppix, and several others have a
 EH> "Live CD" that allows you to boot from the CD and play around with it
 EH> without wiping out what you have on your hard drive.

I think I'll take your suggestion.

Went to see the guys that have built and cared for every computer my wife and I
have had since I got rid of a Computerland BC88 a long long time ago.
Anyway, it seems Kemis's computer, built in 2000, has a mother board that just
will not work with what is required today.
So Ken is going to build her a box that will have what he said is a very good
mother board 1gig 160gig hd with a AMD 64 4200 2x, processor, DVD R/W  and a
few other things.
We decided to put XP Pro because its a "stable platform" and should run all the
programs we already have, like MS 2000 Office Premium, and some genealogy
programs that are very important to her. It will be fast enough and have enough
memory to run Vista in a few years when XP gets dumped.
They will transfer/reload all the programs and data from her old machine and
all I have to to is pick it up Thursday.
She can live with out her computer for two days.
As she is asking to use mine to check her mail.
Got to go
Later..

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