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To: blackfarm
If we can get people to be open minded enough to give Linux a try

I tried several years ago when Linux distro's became all the rage for the average geek. Being in IT the average geek here is a bit more knowledgable than the average home geek but what I found is that unless you were real interested in compiling a kernel or being a superior geek because you used a tough OS as oposed to some wimpy OS that was made just for web surfing and word processing there is/was no attraction to trying let alone switching.

It was more attune to being downlevel.

2 posted on 01/23/2004 10:02:19 PM PST by PFKEY
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To: PFKEY
That was then and this is now try the free offer and you'll see that Lindows is for none geeks. It even has a porn blocker so your kids can surf the net.
4 posted on 01/23/2004 10:05:48 PM PST by blackfarm
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To: PFKEY
You should look at fedora (red hat) Linux distros have come really far over the past three years..
12 posted on 01/23/2004 10:28:41 PM PST by N3WBI3
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To: PFKEY
You should give it another shot, fedora does an automatic install with no need to recompile a kernel. I run several servers and have never had to recompile a kernel..
47 posted on 02/20/2004 9:19:56 AM PST by N3WBI3
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To: PFKEY
Nevermind #47, already talked with you about this...
50 posted on 02/20/2004 9:49:44 AM PST by N3WBI3
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