Subj : Re: a repeat of July 20 request.
To   : comp.programming
From : Joe Wright
Date : Tue Aug 02 2005 09:50 pm

Richard Heathfield wrote:
> jjfxcfc@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 
>>Have a 3 yr old Compaq, xp, pent 4, 1.7 GHz, 512 ram, 80 hddrv, 48x cd
>>drv, 32x cd rw drv, 56k IYU mdm, audio, nVidia.  It's been in shop 6
>>times last 4 months.  Drive stripped/cleaned; everything re-installed.
>>3 to 10 days later the Cadd and any other program I install, or have
>>installed are erased.  The clue is my sent emails are bounced to inbox.
>>
>> I check add&remove.  One or more program is gone.  At this point, I'm
>>leary of adding  more hardware, or equipment, or software.  Someone
>>please tell me if I'm doing something wrong or if it's really
>>preprogrammed (as I think) or not?
> 
> 
> The clue to the problem is where you mention "add&remove", which indicates 
> that you may be using an outdated operating system. Replace it with 
> something like Linux or BSD. (Cost: 0. These operating systems are free, 
> and come complete with a colossal range of free software, some of it of 
> extraordinarily high utility and quality.)
> 
> If the box really has been "preprogrammed", this approach *will* fix it. And 
> if it hasn't, well, it doesn't matter - it's still a sensible thing to do.
> 

If I may ask Richard, which of the numerous Linux distributions do you 
currently use? Why? I got Slackware off a CD from a book in 1996 and 
installed it in three tries but within two hours. Not too hard and I 
'like' Linux. Then I got hired for Windows. If I were to enter the Linux 
world again today, how do you suggest I choose among the distributions? 
Slack, Debian, RedHat, other?

I have today created a phoney email address in the header of this post. 
If you would actually want to, joewwright at comcast dot net will get me.

-- 
Joe Wright
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                     --- Albert Einstein ---

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