Well, I wasn't focusing on the Blue Screen, but more on the last paragraph:
"Unfortunately, that left netbook users out of luck, since most of the lightweight, inexpensive laptops lack an optical drive, and so can't boot from an XP installation disc. "Are there any fixes for netbooks, or am I essentially screwed for the time being?" asked "HimDen."" I presume the way around this for Ubuntu is booting from a flash drive? Otherwise, you're hosed. Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books "Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.)" ---Ambrose Bierce On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:55 AM, David Dooling > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:03:05AM -0600, Scott Granneman wrote: >>> ... are looking better and better all the time. >>> >>> http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/windows-patch-cripples-xp-blue-screen-users-claim-954 >>> >>> "Tuesday's security updates from Microsoft have crippled Windows XP >>> PCs with the notorious Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), users have >>> reported on the company's support forum. > ... >> >> The answer is simple, Ubuntu NBR. > > Yup. Works nicely, even at 30,000 feet: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/Robert.Citek/UbuntuUNR# > > Regards, > - Robert > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug > -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
