Phil, I've tried to answer your questions below.
--- Phil Waring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some years ago I bought Mandrake Linux 7.0 and later > attempted a > dual-boot installation which was "successful", but > lilo did not install > because, as I understand it, the target directory > was too large. More > recently, I wrote e-mail to SUSE and received > nonsense in response. My > experience is that Linux documentation is often > incorrect or inadequate, > and I get the feeling that what I hope for is not > available. A few years > ago, multiple spreadsheets were available to run > under MS-DOS, Quattro > Pro and Lotus 1-2-3, for example. Now, it seems > that if one does not run > Word and Excel, then one does not do anything with a > personal computer > unless it is a Macintosh. There is no Justice > Department, for all > practical intents and purposes. Take a look at http://www.openoffice.org. It is a free replacement for Microsoft Office and works very well. > If Linux will load properly, will it run my printers > and modems? It depends on the printers and modems. Some printers and modems only run on Microsoft Windows. You may be able to determine if you hardware runs on Linux by searching for your particular hardware at: http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/ http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/hardware.php3 > It is > difficult for me to recognize much real progress > lately. The little I > know of Linux is from reading. Getting hands-on > experience seems > impossible unless I can personally acquire a > workable system. I do crave > freedom. Please, do not send these words back to > me, but if someone has > the answer, please, let me know. If you come to the next BRLUG Newbies/CCCC Linux SIG meeting on 2/16/04 at the CCCC, introduce yourself to me and ask for a free Linux Mepis CD. This CD is bootable and runs Linux from your CDROM drive. > Honestly, if this seems to be a rant, I apologize. > If I can get help, > perhaps I can help someone else. You may want to read the following HOWTO: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Good luck! ===== John Hebert 'cat /dev/random | perl' __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/
