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Originally posted by weedie
If I had the patience to try it out, and my mom would feel like learning about a new OS, I would really like to give Linux a fair chance. However, I have always shunned away from Macs, and will never own one.
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Dual boot! You've got enough room on that 60gb now
I could help you get Mandrake Linux running in less than an hour!
As for me...go linux! Debian Woody (Unstable/testing...haven't upgraded to stable Woody...working on it, though) running 2.4.19 with WindowMaker.
My computer history:
Had 2 Commodore 64's back when I was a young'n. Nice computers...I was sad when companies stopped developing for them.
In 1994, we replaced the outdated C64s with a 486. We paid quite a bit for this computer. It ran Windows 3.1 then we *borrowed* Windows 95 from a friend and upgraded
I think we then got the internet in that year. How does it feel to be the only kid in your school with the internet? Uhh...bad. (I was the only kid with broadband until last year) In the greater range of $4000. After a lightening storm in 1998, we had to replace the 486 since it got fried. It was replaced by a p2-400 with Windows 98. When trying to copy data from my old hard drive onto the computer, I fried the hard drive
(The old one, that is) I learned then that the computer must be OFF when plugging in a molex connector
Then, in 2000, the P2 got fried. My parents just ditched the computer! AHH! 2 13gb hard drives, 1 40gb hd, a promise ata 100 card, and I ALMOST lost my dvd-rom! (I did save the DVD-rom drive, luckily) That P2 was the first computer I put linux on. I started with Redhat 5.2 I believe. I installed Redhat 6.2 on it over 5.2 later on. The computer I am on now is a P3-1ghz. I haven't done much with it due to the lack of money. It came with a semi-decent videocard (Nvidia geforce2 mx200 32mb) It also lacks hard drive space. 20 gb is not nearly enough. (I had my old 40gb filled with mp3s) I've upgraded my memory in this from 128 to 384mb. I also put in my DVD-Rom drive. Dvd's in linux are nice. I'd like to get surround sound, a new hard drive, and a good NVidia card with TV-in/out and all that other fun stuff.
I've had more computers than girlfriends. I guess that's okay though since computers are much easier to understand
(Heh...I have more heads than girlfriends.)