On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:27:39 -0500 Rick Sivernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Well, I will attempt to bring a freah bit of air here. I have a > friend, ok ok no jokes here<g>, and he is using M$sludge XP. Everytime > he adds something, software or hardware, he has problems. He is so > scared to touch the machine. DADAFDADADA Linux to the rescue, I make > be able to get him to get another drive and I will put suse or some > other distro on this new drive and put it in place of his original. Not to belittle your success or your friend's agony, but I had the opposite experience with WinXP. The machine my wife and daughter run is now a WinXP box, and I've had surprisingly good results. Nothing that I needed to install (hardware or software) has been problematic with the exception of a CD writer package (not compatible with XP). I have a USB scanner and a USB docking station. Software installed without a hitch. I'd love to get my wife and daughter on linux, too, but when the choice is learning to love and curse the gimp for photo image manipulation or to use the simple, well-designed (if limited) M$ software that came with the devices, it's a no brainer. I may have no choice if (actually when) the Outlook virus crap continues. I lucked out and got the M$ updates in time to squeak by this time, but the day will come when my wife opens a mail attachment, and the game is over. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
