Text 34043, 63 rader
Skriven 2007-06-27 11:44:00 av JAY EMRIE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av AUGUST ABOLINS
Ärende: annoyance of "activation"
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AA>.TID: hpt/lnx 1.4.0-sta 09-04-05
AA>"Charles Scaglione -> August Abolins" <cs@nomail.com> wrote..
AA> CS> Instead of purchasing XP why not pick up a copy of Win2000?  No
AA> CS> activation, no genuine advantage, just as secure, and will run real
well
AA> CS> on that machine you've just updated.  Win2000 also is quite good at
plug
AA> CS> and play although not to the extent that XP is..

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

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

Activation is absolutely no problem. I have had to reactivate one time
since my initial install of XP - when I had to replace a bad HD. Then no
problem either.

Jay

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

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

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

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

Why so many systems? I have two desktops and two laptops (by luck). I'm
wondering what to do with the second laptop and converting over to the
second desktop. Then I will only have a desktop and a laptop.

Jay
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