actually i believe it, and just in case you don't think that i'm gullible, i
had a boot cd of linux mandriva that you didn't need to install only boot,
and it recognised all my hardware which for vista, i have to download it
from the manufacturor, and it was a beautifull picture too, it made me want
to install it, but i'm too afraid of making vista mad and hiving it think
that i have two boot configuration and keep me from booting up. thecnology
smart: semi-geek
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> On Sep 9, 5:02 pm, Richard Rasker <spamt...@linetec.nl> wrote:
>> Well, my trusty old Celeron 660 work horse finally kicked the bucket. All
>> kinds of weird errors popped up intermittently, and it wasn't the HD, it
>> wasn't the RAM, it wasn't the supply, and it sure as hell wasn't Linux.
>>
>> I suspected the mainboard capacitors were at fault, but as there were
>> quite a number of these, I decided not to replace 'em, but instead to go
>> out and buy myself a new machine -- the first one in over nine years.
>>
>> Now there's this new local computer business, with all kinds of machines
>> on display -- but most still uninstalled, as most people want XP, while
>> some others want Vista (although I can't imagine why); and of course
>> there are people (such as yours truly) who don't want a preinstalled OS.
>> The store owner takes "consumer choice" seriously, although only when
>> this choice is limited to Windows. One reason for this is that he'd never
>> actually seen Linux in action, and thought it still was some arcane OS
>> with a clunky UI, offering almost no viable software at all.
>> So I selected a nice, very quiet dual-core Pentium 2.8GHz machine with
>> one GB of RAM, and asked if it was OK if I installed Linux on it, right
>> there and then. The guy laughed and said it was OK, but that he'd close
>> shop in an hour, so I'd better come back early next morning. I said that
>> I'd only need about a quarter of an hour, and he got quite interested.
>>
>> I popped in the DVD (Mandriva Spring 2007) and rebooted the machine.
>> After a mere twelve minutes, the installation of KDE plus the default
>> desktop software selection was done -- and everything worked flawlessly
>> right away: graphics (including 3D acceleration!), sound, networking,
>> attached printer ... no problem at all, no configuration needed.
>> The man was quite impressed. "Gheez! That's quicker and better than
>> Vista!". When I actually logged in and showed him some more, he became
>> even more impressed. "Huh? That's just like Microsoft Office! What? You
>> say it's compatible? And it does PDF's with just one mouse click?
>> Speaking of which ... can this thing read PDF's out-of-the-box? It can?
>> Um, e-mail? MSN? Video editing? Burning DVD's? Sound recording? DTP? Web
>> authoring? WOW! Now /THAT's/ what I call a 3D desktop!! Games? ...
>> In short: he was totally awestruck, also because everything worked
>> perfectly well first go. I only had to disappoint him with regard to the
>> games, as there are not really all that many serious game titles
>> available for Linux -- but the ones I installed, worked just fine.
>>
>> After over an hour of showing off, I was finally allowed to take the
>> machine home -- but I had to leave the Mandriva installation DVD
>> behind :-)
>>
>> And now, after a few days, I can say that everything still works without
>> a hitch, and *very*, *very* fast indeed. Even OpenOffice.org only takes 6
>> seconds to start the first time, and just over 2 seconds after that. Most
>> smaller apps appear virtually instantaneous. The only thing I still miss
>> is my old scanner, because it depends on an old ISA AHA1542 SCSI card,
>> but hey, for ten bucks I can get a second hand PCI SCSI card, so that
>> should be fixed shortly as well. But to all those Wintrolls who say that
>> Linux only works with hardware that's at least three years old: liars!
>>
>> And oh, the price: $250. Plus a DVD copy of Mandriva Spring 2007 :-)
>>
>> Richard Rasker
>> --http://www.linetec.nl/
>
> And this fairytale has been brought to you courtesy of your local
> Linux zealot liar.
> Had you not picked Mandriva as part of your made up story it might
> have been believable, but Mandriva is a disaster
> when it comes to hardware support, especially for the eye candy.
> Do you guys have some kind of a script that churns this pablum out or
> is it done the old fashioned way?
>
> Nice fairytale though. It goes well with a hot bath and a cool brew.
>
> Maybe next time you can tell us about the little compiler that
> couldn't?
>
>
>
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