Text 34031, 83 rader
Skriven 2007-06-27 14:34:19 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 34004 av August Abolins (1:229/2000)
Ärende: annoyance of "activation"
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August Abolins -> Charles Scaglione wrote:

 CS>> Instead of purchasing XP why not pick up a copy of Win2000?  No
 AA> activation, no genuine advantage, just as secure, and will run
 AA> real well on that machine you've just updated.  Win2000 also is
 AA> quite good at plug and play although not to the extent that XP
 AA> is..

 AA> I sort of considered that, but W2K is not considered an upgrade from
 AA> ME. It's my understanding that my existing ME system won't cooperate
 AA> with a W2K install. I would have to do a full (clean) install of W2K
 AA> to get around that.  So.. I figure if I have to do that, I may as
 AA> well consider Ubuntu or Kubuntu.   But..  A W2K solution may help me
 AA> retain the vast collection of winapps that I've become used to.
 AA> Hmmmm..  Now you've done it.   You've cast alternative thinking in my
 AA> mind!   But a quick look at eBay hasn't turned up any W2K cds.  Let
 AA> me know if you can find any there.   But I'm still swaying towards
 AA> converting to a Linux box.  However, it won't happen overnight.  I
 AA> have to copy my important files and make notes on various config
 AA> settings.

I would think it's better to do a clean install of W2K anyway.  If you're
interested, there was an edit routine  floating around that made ME look like
Win98 to the W2K installation program.  It was used by folks who posted in the
W2K newsgroups at the time.  I believe it involved digging into the ME registry
and changing some keys.  But as I stated above, it's probably better to install
W2K clean anyway.

Going to Ubuntu\Kubuntu is a great idea provided you can live without certain
Win Apps which may not be available for Linux.  Even at that, there's always
WINE and Crossover Office.

 AA> I really like the idea of not having to cope with activation
 AA> nonsense.

And the even more annoying Genuine Advantage which now has been incorporated
into MS Office.

 CS>> Speaking of new video cards, the ATI Radeon 9550 AGP is on sale
 AA> at our CS> local Best Buy store.  I almost purchased it but decided
 AA> instead to do CS> some research on whether or not that card is
 AA> suitable for Linux.  I found CS> out that ATI cards are the most
 AA> difficult to setup and get running CS> correctly in Linux.  Almost
 AA> everyone I communicated with recommended the CS> nVidia series of
 AA> cards instead.

 AA> I guess I'm lucky then.. the new card I really want to make
 AA> operational is an nVidia.  It's a geForce 6200 LE.  It worked really
 AA> well on my ME pc initially.  But then one day the pc suddenly booted
 AA> to 16-colours only, and claimed that the drivers were corrupt or
 AA> missing.  I reinstalled the drivers, but either the 16-colour max
 AA> setting persisted or the screen would just come up blank.  I could
 AA> tell that the ME OS booted fully (by the normal sounds the box would
 AA> make), but the screen did not cooperate.  When I simply re-installed
 AA> the old AGP 2x card, all booted fine.

Jeff reported that he was able to setup and use an OEM version of the Radeon
with Fedora.  However, all the feedback I received from the Ubuntu\Kubuntu
forums advised me to stay away from that card or anything ATI.
I believe video cards like wireless adaptors are a different issue for the many
Linux distros that are available.  In other words, a given card may work well
in one distro and totally crash in another.

 AA> I tested an earlier version of Ubuntu Live CD about a year ago, and
 AA> it cooperated nicely with the existing nVidia AGP 2x card at the
 AA> time. Therefore, I am feeling confident that the newer nVidia AGP 4x
 AA> card will be fine.

The folks in the Ubuntu\Kubuntu forums recommend nVidia over other cards.  I'm
currently using a Matrox 450G which is internally supported by Ubuntu\Kubuntu.

 AA> I have another video card that I hope to install in my eMachines pc
 AA> to replace the onboard video.  It's an ATI Radeon 9250 AGP with PCI
 AA> connector.

The latest cards I saw from ATI are designed for PCI Express.  I'm not sure if
that's backward compatible with PCI or not.  Perhaps now that ATI is owned by
AMD, we'll see some better support for Linux.

Regards.

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