OK, I'll find this information and report back. Susan
marbux wrote: > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Susan Lunas > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ooops, I didn't outline my real question. My apologies. So here >> goes. I've been using my WP for LInux ever since it appeared (9 years >> ago?) over the last 9 years, my computers have croaked, and I've >> bought (actually my husband bought) new ones, and installed various >> Linux packages. I absolutely love Linux, and I love WP. The >> problem is that my current Linux system (KDE??) is old and does not >> support wmv, or Facebook, or other new computer stuff. >> >> So, my question is: How do I hold on to my WP 8 on Linux, and yet >> move into the 21st century? (I tried WP Linux 9 and dropped it >> shortly after I bought it because it was a bummer. ) >> > > Hi, Susan, > > 1. When you got WP Linux, did it come on an installation CD? > > 2, If so, do you still have the CD? > > 3. If the answers to both 1 and 2 are yes, please mount the CD and see > if it has installation instructions in the CD's root directory. It > will almost certainly be a file with a .txt extension. If you find > that file, skim it to see if it says what flavors and version numbers > of Linux it can be installed on. Please report back on this. > > 4. Also, please launch WP Linux, and on the Help menu select the > option that has "About" as its first word. That should produce a > message box that includes the program's version number. Please put the > version number in your reply. (There were different versions of WP 8 > for Linux, v. 8.0 which was released in 1998 and v. 8.1 which was > released the next year, then reissued in 2004 in two different > versions, a free download version and another version with more > features that cost money.) > > We'll be in a better position to assist with that information. > > Best regards, > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
