On 10/4/05, Lance Dockins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > this is so interesting. Win32 has succeeded in making linux expensive. > > > > you are asking that the Win32 environment not work the way it was > > designed to work -- at least i think this is what you are saying. > > > > i am very impressed that it was able to make free software expensive, > > this is a simply amazing accomplishment! > > > Carol, > Where in my e-mail did your read that *Linux *was going to cost me > money? Read that sentence again. Or, better yet, I'll quote it. "I > should also clarify that I have considered switching to Linux to make > this easier, *but I just don't have the time, money, and hardware to do > so without destroying the Win32 environment I'm required to use in the > professional world.*" Did I say that the money, time, and hardware I > was going to invest was going to be invested in buying Linux or did I > just say that I would have to invest money, time, and hardware into a > Linux setup? Here's a few things that cost money that fit perfectly into > that sentence. > > * Time > * A spare hard drive > * A reliable partition manager (instead of a drive) > * Perhaps an alternate computer entirely > * Potential other hardware for those components that Linux drivers > don't function well on. > > Before I sign off on this, let me quote the second half of that sentence > again. *"*But I just don't have the time, money, and hardware to do so > *without destroying the Win32 environment I'm required to use in the > professional world.*" So that pretty much eliminates installing over top > of my current OS.
Nonsense. Debian's installer can resize ALL Win32 partitions (NTFS + FAT) and make room for itself nondestructively. -- ~Mike - Just my two cents - No man is an island, and no man is unable. _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
