Kory, 

It's pretty much the same way here. All the geeks here (like me) are in the
engineering task forces. However, one of the VP's here is very much pro open
source and is a bit of a rebel and a geek himself. His motto is "I'd rather
ask forgiveness, than ask permission." 

Only time will tell. 

Ed Richards, PE
Staff Electrical Engineer
Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC
12021 Lakeland Park Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
Office - 225-297-3335
Fax - 225-756-3056
Cell - 225-964-2606
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Kory Wnuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
                Sent:   Thursday, August 22, 2002 4:38 PM
                To:     [email protected]
                Subject:        RE: [brlug-general] High Suckage Factor

                Ed,

                I suspect that it will be quite some time before
                anything remotely similar like that happens here. 
                After all, we hardly have any geeks working in our MIS
                department (where is a good geek when one needs one). 


                I like to think of it as looking through the Sears
                catalog at Christmas when you were a kid...it doesn't
                hurt to wish.

                -K

                --- "Richards, Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
                > Kory, 
                > 
                > I would love for that to be the ultimate long term
                > result of all of this. 
                > 
                > Ed Richards, PE
                > Staff Electrical Engineer
                > Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC
                > 12021 Lakeland Park Drive
                > Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
                > Office - 225-297-3335
                > Fax - 225-756-3056
                > Cell - 225-964-2606
                > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
                > 
                > 
                >               -----Original Message-----
                >               From:   Kory Wnuk
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
                >               Sent:   Thursday, August 22, 2002 3:49 PM
                >               To:     [email protected]
                >               Subject:        RE: [brlug-general] High
Suckage Factor
                > 
                >               When you started talking about making a
living, I
                >               misread your post.  I thought you were
talking
                > about
                >               making all of FB&D's computers Linux boxes.
If
                > such
                >               were the case, I was going to see if you
could
                > come
                >               and take care of the same thing here at
Jacobs
                >               Engineering. ;) If only we lived in a
perfect
                > world...
                > 
                >               -K
                > 
                >               --- "Richards, Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
                >               > LOL....Well, if I didn't use it to make a
living
                > and
                >               > there are some aps that
                >               > I have to use that I don't have running on
                > Lycoris
                >               > yet (YET, being the
                >               > operative word), it would only be a single
boot
                >               > system. Now that I have
                >               > figured out Wine, I may be reformatting
EVERY
                >               > machine at the house and
                >               > getting rid of M$ ALTOGETHER! 
                >               > 
                >               > Ed Richards, PE
                >               > Staff Electrical Engineer
                >               > Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC
                >               > 12021 Lakeland Park Drive
                >               > Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
                >               > Office - 225-297-3335
                >               > Fax - 225-756-3056
                >               > Cell - 225-964-2606
                >               > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
                >               > 
                >               > 
                >               >               -----Original Message-----
                >               >               From:   Mat Branyon
                > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
                >               >               Sent:   Thursday, August 22,
2002 3:20 PM
                >               >               To:     [email protected]
                >               >               Subject:        RE:
[brlug-general] High
                > Suckage Factor
                >               > 
                >               >               i was in awe up until the
dual booting
                > part... .=)
                >               > 
                >               >               --mat
                >               > 
                >               >               On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 14:38,
Richards, Ed
                > wrote:
                >               >               > Kory, 
                >               >               > 
                >               >               > I am running Lycoris
Desktop/LX on a
                > Compaq
                >               > Presario 1825
                >               > and it is working
                >               >               > just GREAT! LX found all
the hardware
                > right out
                >               > the shoot
                >               > and I was even
                >               >               > able to configure the
Micro$oft mouse to
                > work in
                >               > harmony
                >               > with the touchpad
                >               >               > on the laptop. This
machine is a Pentium
                > II-366
                >               > with 128
                >               > meg ram, 6 gig HD,
                >               >               > Toshiba DVD/CD-ROM drive,
15' TFT display,
                > ATI
                >               > Rage Pro
                >               > Lite video card, ESS
                >               >               > sound, Lucent modem and
Intel network card
                > and
                >               > LX found it
                >               > all and properly
                >               >               > configured it the 1st time
through. I am
                > dual
                >               > booting Win
                >               > 98 Lite and LX. 
                >               >               > 
                >               >               > I hope this helps, 
                >               >               > 
                >               >               > Ed Richards, PE
                >               >               > Staff Electrical Engineer
                >               >               > Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC
                >               >               > 12021 Lakeland Park Drive
                >               >               > Baton Rouge, Louisiana
70809
                >               >               > Office - 225-297-3335
                >               >               > Fax - 225-756-3056
                >               >               > Cell - 225-964-2606
                >               >               > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
                > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
                >               >               > 
                >               >               > 
                >               >               >               Anyhow...I
guess I was
                > asking for
                >               > recommendations. 
                >               >               >               What brands
(and models) of
                >               > laptops/notebooks are any
                >               >               >               of the group
using in
                > conjunction with
                >               > Linux?  I am
                >               >               >               curious
about likes/dislikes
                > and
                >               >               >
features/deficiencies.
                >               >               > 
                >               >               >               
                >               >               > 
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