Subj : Re: Win4lin
To   : Ralph Smole
From : Finnigann
Date : Sat Oct 08 2005 10:43 pm

-=> Ralph Smole wrote to Angus McLeod <=-

 RS>   Re: Re: Win4lin
 RS>   By: Angus McLeod to Ralph Smole on Sat Oct 08 2005 05:07 am

 >   Re: Re: Win4lin
 >   By: Ralph Smole to All on Tue Oct 04 2005 11:22:00
 >
 >  > Mark my words: We will NOT see Linux become the preferred OS over Windows
 >  > our lifetime. I'll take bets on it!
 >  > Not until there is a unified Linux distro, and one that offers a TRULY
 >  > user-friendly interface. The general public doesn't want to mess with
 >  > dependencies,etc.. Not to mention crap like Lindows.
 >
 > You know, Ralph, I sacrifice poultry every day, in the hope that it will
 > prevent Linux from EVER becoming sufficiently Windows-like, to be
 > considered as the 'preferred OS over Windows' by the huge number of idiots
 > that are Windows user-base today.
 >
 > But returning to your post:  Does this mean that you've borked another
 > another Mandrake install because you couldn't find the 'Any' key?
 >
 >
 RS> No. I've ran both Mandrake and RH in the past. But since the wife AND
 RS> kids discovered the joys of the internet and computing in general, had
 RS> to ditch 'em for WINXP. Main reason was that NEITHER distro of Linux
 RS> supported WinModems. We only have dialup here and my last hardware
 RS> modem died years ago. If I could find a distro that supported
 RS> WinModems, I might switch back again. I even downloaded and installed
 RS> ReactOS on this box using QEMU. Very intriguing. Believe me, I have
 RS> experimented with TONS of alternative OS's over the years and welcome
 RS> ANY open-source OS that is compatible with the hardware on this DELL
 RS> Dimension 3000 box. 

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