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To: maceng2 who wrote (43119)	9/10/2002 10:11:14 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 281500

On the subject of XP, you may or may not want to note this bit of news: grc.com Duck and cover, as they say.

To: maceng2 who wrote (43119)	9/10/2002 11:06:32 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

OTThen I bought windows XP. Since XP is on line I have had endlesss loads of crapola to deal with. I've refused to upgrade to XP from 2000.. I'm considering experimenting with LinDOS and just making a complete break free from MSFT completely: lindostos.sourceforge.net Hawk

To: maceng2 who wrote (43119)	9/11/2002 8:57:31 AM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

OT: UNIX system recommendation I'd like to recommend a complete BSD UNIX system from the largest supplier of UNIX systems on the planet -- Apple. Apple moved into first place last month in total systems and is shipping 2700 UNIX systems an hour 24x7. Apache, Perl (and modPerl), Java development platform (First Class), GNU compliers standard and installed. Run UNIX, Mac, and Windows programs. Free iMovie, iPhoto, iCalendar, iDVD and others. Native versions of Photoshop, MS Office, and several thousand other programs are available. The core operating system is open source. Apple's open source projects allow developers to customize and enhance key Apple software. Through the open source model, Apple engineers and the open source community collaborate to create better, faster and more reliable products for our users. Beneath the appealing, easy-to-use interface of Mac OS X is a rock-solid foundation that is engineered for stability, reliability, and performance. This foundation is a core operating system commonly known as Darwin. Darwin integrates a number of technologies, most importantly Mach 3.0, operating-system services based on 4.4BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution), high-performance networking facilities, and support for multiple integrated file systems. developer.apple.com apple.com --fl@berkeleyunixjunkie.edu :o)

To: maceng2 who wrote (43119)	9/12/2002 8:47:44 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

OT Then I bought windows XP. Since XP is on line I have had endlesss loads of crapola to deal with. You might want to have a look at a unique Linux distribution, Knoppix. It is 2 MByte of Linux software compressed on one CD. You can download the ISO CD image free of charge, burn the CD, insert it in your CD drive, reboot, wait for two minutes - and you have a fully configured KDE desktop with 900 program packages, incl. OpenOffice, a full MS Office substitute (can read and write in Office format), Mozilla, the standard-compliant browser beating Internet Explorer in compatibility tests, modem/DSL dial-up capability, CD burning, MP3 audio listening, DVD/AVI video viewing and many other applications. Nothing on the local hard disk(s) is changed, though existing volumes are recognized and mounted read-only. All configuration changes are saved on a floppy so you have a truly portable Linux system. Here's a review: A Linux you can try before you even install it LinuxWorld.com August 19, 2002 linuxworld.com Download from: knopper.net knopper.net