> So please stop bursting their bubbles. > Gee, I'm sorry. I did not take into consideration the potential damage I may be doing, heh-heh. Oh, Lynda still LOVES her iMac20. And when she does need to use Windows, it dual boots into XP Pro just fine, and runs it better than anyone without a Mac may want to believe. Then again, it is very rare for her to go to the Dark Side with Windows.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Microsoft slips Novell another tenth of a billion > > > On Aug 20, 2008, at 6:29 PM, Gil Hale wrote: > > > I just turned my HP ze2000 laptop into a dual-boot XP Pro/Ubuntu Linux > > machine the other night. I guess I got boted <g>. Seriously, now I > > surf > > fearlessly on the laptop. I was surprised at how easily the laptop > > accepted > > Ubuntu 8.04, and how all WiFi and Ethernet connectivity just plain old > > worked. Very smooth. > > Please don't tell people this. You're smashing their > comforting image > of using the only trouble-free OS available: Windows. They want to > believe that anything else is difficult to install and use, and won't > work with most hardware. So please stop bursting their bubbles. > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
