[shakespear1]

I'm not a computer expert so bare with me.

To run one of these Linux OS I would need to unload my Windows 2000 Pro ? How is this done?

[sjn]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shakespear1', 'I')'m not a computer expert so bare with me.

To run one of these Linux OS I would need to unload my Windows 2000 Pro ? How is this done?

[pedalling_faster]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shakespear1', 'I')'m not a computer expert so bare with me.

To run one of these Linux OS I would need to unload my Windows 2000 Pro ? How is this done?

[vision-master]

Chevy or Ford, they both get you down the road, so who cares what browser you have.

[lper100km]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pedalling_faster', '
')
2000 Pro is a good OS. i wouldn't disable a system that is running good with 2000. you might need it.

i suggest buying a cheap second system & running Linux on that. then transitioning to that as you get more used to Linux.

[frankthetank]

I used Ubuuntu for a few days, but gave up when i couldn't figure out how to set the resolution for my video card. It was stuck at some generic resolution and after hours of reading online forums, couldn't get anywhere. This was some time ago, so maybe the newer builds have better support built in. Also couldn't get a wireless card configured. XP works well for me, but i do like the thought of running and entire operating system of a flash drive (which is suppose to be easy with Linux). You can do it with XP, but its not easy.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '.')..Bill Gates is a hardened criminal. He's not interested in what you think. He's only interested in money and power...

[BigTex]

I had several Macs when I started using a computer in 1990 or so. I have been using a PC since about 1999. I think I will buy a Mac next time.

The thing I hate about Macs is the cost of the software and peripherals.

[perdition79]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('frankthetank', 'I') used Ubuuntu for a few days, but gave up when i couldn't figure out how to set the resolution for my video card. It was stuck at some generic resolution and after hours of reading online forums, couldn't get anywhere. This was some time ago, so maybe the newer builds have better support built in. Also couldn't get a wireless card configured. XP works well for me, but i do like the thought of running and entire operating system of a flash drive (which is suppose to be easy with Linux). You can do it with XP, but its not easy.

[efarmer]

Good point on user friendliness issues. But in a huge amount of cases that I am aware of, people drag XP machines to the local "doctor" once or twice a year for delousing, streamlining, and recovery. I think this will continue to be the case for many people. At some point, the local "doctors" may realize that supporting Linux is about as lucrative for them if not more so than supporting themselves and Microsoft from their local customers. Telling a customer they owe you $140 labor and the software was free is a very easy thing to sell in hard times.

With regard to the cost of code keeping Linux from getting friendly enough, a large Chinese OEM or group of them could simply decide to invest the funds to polish Ubuntu or it's relative to the level required to sell ready to run products, products that might not even be compatible with XP or VISTA by design and on purpose towards this end. It sure would stop the piracy lawsuits, wouldn't it?
Think of a Linux machine with a powerful set of setup, diagnostic,
help and tutor info, and repair utilities appended to the motherboard BIOS. In essence built in as part of the platform
and residing in flash. What a hoot, hackers would have to figure out how to get it to run Microsoft OS.

[davep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lper100km', 'A')s for installing dual boot with Windows, forget that pipe dream. Check the various chatlines and threads related to Linux to see all the grief that people go through as they try to escape the ‘tyranny’ of Windows.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', 'T')hen why is he giving his money away

[lper100km]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '
')I've never had a problem with this. From memory there were a couple of issues to avoid (such as the boot partition for linux being at too high an address in the physical drive). But, if you accept that NT variants will tyrannise your boot process, you can always add the Linux boot to the NT boot.ini file.

[jasonraymondson]

Just remember Bill Gates is a Momon

[dirthoser]

Blue screen of death appears during the Olympics. I thought the Chinese were competent? Don't they know basic Linux programming?

[emersonbiggins]

You know, I had a wonderful dream about this setting where, right before the torch is lit by the airborne athlete, a quick 5 or 10-second clip of the Tiananmen Square massacre video clip is flashed before all those present and perhaps 2 billion worldwide. It would have been the ultimate gaffe, equivalent to the debutante tripping over her dress and falling headfirst into the salad bar.

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')OS ANGELES--Windows 7 has a new programming interface designed to make it a whole lot easier for software to figure out where in the world a PC and its user are located.

That should make it easier for a whole new range of location-based services from finding nearby friends to LoJack-like PC tracking programs. Even search could be a whole lot better if the search engine knew where you were. Indeed, searchers often enter their city with their location to try and get just that benefit.

"There's so many times you have to enter in where you are at," said Microsoft program manager Alec Berntson.

At the same time, broader use of location-based services could also open up a range of privacy concerns.

Those issues--and how to handle them--was the subject of a discussion this week at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here.

Microsoft does give a range of control options, such as turning off location services by default, as well as the ability to limit such services only to specific users or only to applications, as opposed to services that run in the background. However, the operating system doesn't allow users the option of letting only certain applications access your location. So, for example, if you turn it on for a mapping program, any other Windows application running could also access that information.

[Niagara]

I miss MS-DOS.

"640k should be plenty of memory for everyone."

-Bill Gates

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Niagara', 'I') miss MS-DOS. "640k should be plenty of memory for everyone." ~Bill Gates

[kpeavey]

My computer just crapped out an hour ago, using my sisters machine. Must have dropped it down 1 flight of stairs too many. I may be looking for a replacement if I can't fix the old one. Any suggestions?
As I am heading home tomorrow (location not disclosed), you'd better post soon. Thanks for your help.
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I have no need for an operating system to track it's location. The very notion has oppression and control written all over it. Maybe I'll just go back to the tried and true pencil and paper.