> > Whatever is best for you Rosemary. > I love Linux, but live on solar power in the bush using a laptop, no > serial port, with 31000 kbps Internet access. The desktop uses too much > power, but it runs Linux and connects to the net when we have a bit of > spare electrical power. But I use mainly the lappy, reworked of course, > not as out of the store, and windows XP, the modem and all else works > out of the box for that. I like windows well enough, just not their > philosophy. > > I love Linux, but can't download the kernels etc,. that are required for > me to get either the PCMCIA modem working, the USB to serial connector > working or the winmodem working. > > So use what you can and have and know. Experiment, I do much of my > writing and other work that doesn't require Internet connection in > Linux, and Use windows for everything else. > > Computers are not about Linux, but about what you need or want to do. It > depends on the individual but nothing is better, just different. I have > come through from Red Hat, Slackware, Suse, even tried Debian for a > while and so on. They are all good, I just happen to like Mandrake. Just > can't use it on the net at the moment. > > Just enjoy, don't sweat it, this is not an all or nothing situation. > > Be well, > Charlie. > > -- > > Though night after night. The moon is stream reflected, Try to find where > it has touched. Point even to a shadow. > > - Takuan (1573 - 1645)
I was just fristrated about one or two things, and tired from night shifts! Thanks for your wise words. Interesting signature ... Rosemary
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