Ed Robitaille wrote: [snip} > > I am very tempted to switch to dual-boot $W2k and Linux. The biggest concern > I have is that many patrons use the computer for word-processing.
You can go a few ways, here. You can Dual-Boot W2k and Linux, Single boot Linux and use VMWare, or you can do away with Windows all together. You could set the desktop up with icons for StarOffice, Abi Word, or what ever. Dual-booting the system won't help it's stability. If you run W2K in VMWare, at least you will only have to restart an application. I would set the system up as a dual-boot system, but use VMWare to access Windows. That way, if it crashes, and, face it, it will, you will still be able to get to the file system to retrieve any data that people may have saved. > Suggestions ??? > Experiences ?? It's been my experience that Win2k is far more stable than any previous release. It still has bad memory handling, a tendency to lock up, and pentient for crashing, but it's not nearly as bad as NT or Win9x/ME. M$ does, however, claim it's superiority because it can run for 30 days before crashing ;-). C-Ya, Kenny -- --------------------------------------------------- Kenneth E. Lussier Geek by nature, Linux by choice PGP KeyID C0D2BA57 Public key http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xC0D2BA57 ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
