Hi Harold,
Puppy is one of my favorites, and I use older PCs, or pull-out hard drives to
tinker with Linux. I tried awhile back with dual-booting, but I think Norton
SystemWorks 2003 made booting Mandrake 9x impossible. I like PcLinuxOS,
Mempis, Xandros, and Linspire/Freespire. Alas, I can't go full-time Linux
because of needing Windows knowledge for work.
Welcome aboard,
Joan
Harold Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello
everyone! I have been looking for a group like this. I have
downloaded puppy linux and made a bootable cd. I have read quite a bit
on forums and bought an older version of
"Linux for Dummies".
I have run windows for years and familiar enough with dos to write and
edit bat files. I am currently running XP Home. I mainly use MS Excel,
Word, Notepad, QuickBooks, and Firefox as my browser.
My current PC is a single hard drive with only one partition. I can
boot to puppy linux from my CD. I can get to the desktop but can't
seem to get started to do any real work. I get frustrated when
following the forum or tutorials at the puppy linux site. There is so
much that I don't understand that I run into roadblocks and run out of
time or quit.
I don't know if puppy linux is the best way for me to start or not. I
don't know if I should try to partition my hard drive or not. I would
like to have an alternative to windows at least. I might change an old
computer to just linux if I could wrap my mind around what and how to
do it. It seems like Microsoft wants to take over my PC, my pocketbook
and my life to a certain extent. If Linux is better and I can learn to
get some work done with it then all the better.
Could someone kinda steer me in the right direction from what I have
talked about in this post?
Thanks,
Harold
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