20 May
2006
20 May
'06
10:11 p.m.
Alan Horkan wrote:
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Windows ME is an abomination. Windows NT is better and so is Windows 98.
I couldn't agree more!
I hope he is paying you by the hour.
Fat chance. By the bottle is my best hope:-)
Knoppix (best hardward detection and doesn't ask any stupid questions) or the Ubuntu Live CD ('cause I like Gnome) are good non-invasive ways to get someone to try Linux.
His hardware is so poor (a corner shop home brew with rubbish components) that Knoppix (and Kanotix and Ubuntu) won't run. I did get INSERT 1.3.6 running, but parted made a hash of the partitioning and I had to stick his disk in one of my machines to partition and format it.
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Thanks a lot for your input, Alan.
Peter HB