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Hello Wayne - 

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->> Windmodems, sound on the mb, even video on the mb with
->> shared memory are all proprietary and as-such would give
->> any OS that is _not_ Windows fits. 

WC> My onboard video is an ATI Mach 64 clone with shared
WC> memory, no problems :-) 

Luck? 

->> A generic copy of Windows would have the same problems
->> until manuf drivers were downloaded and installed. 

WC> I was already all but fedup with that OS until the straw
WC> broke the camels back. 

Understandable that you are not happy with your results. 

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->>>> My only suggestion for making any Linux GUI more 'user
->>>> friendly' would be to have an alternate GUI using Windows
->>>> terminology (control panel, etc.) to make the transition
->>>> less stressful for a week or two or three for Windows
->>>> users. I don't think it would detract from Linux if it
->>>> could 'masquerade' as Windows for awhile. 

WC>>> A bit less educational though. The existing GUI root
WC>>> _control panel_ is pretty close to Windows just uses less
WC>>> precise Linux commands than required at the command line. 

->> I'm only referring to some text (terminology) and a few
->> cutesy little graphics (icons) that could be switched
->> on/off between the Windows and the Linux versions. Not
->> unlike Windows XP have the "classic" (W98SE-like) switched
->> on/off for displays. 

WC> As long as you could switch it OFF!!! 

Yes, there should be an on/off just as there is with XP when
choosing the "classic" displays. 

WC>>> I don't think a standard Linux command line has "locate"
WC>>> as a recursive search but I bet it's an alias for an
WC>>> option of "ls" I've already found locate to be useful. 

->> I had created alias for my DOS machines years ago using CED
->> and began creating them for my mini-Linux installs as well.
->> :-) 

WC> Advisable for some of the more powerful commands when
WC> logged on as root. Mistakes do happen. 

For the most frequent commands where many switches are involved
it helps relieve the boredom of constant retyping and
correcting typos. 

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->>>> My daughter dropped to DOS on a machine at work to move
->>>> some files and the people at work panicked and asked her
->>>> what "that" was. They had never seen the DOS command line
->>>> before. :-) 

WC>>> The office computer geek eh ;-) 

->> Yes, _all_ of my children have had similar experiences. I
->> kept my computers in the living room (not hidden) since
->> before the internet was available to the general public and
->> have _always_ been online even before Compuserve was a big
->> deal. 

WC> I went online in 1994. 

I'm not sure but I was online around 1980? I was on "The
Source" first and then added Compuserve and Dow Jones News
Retrieval. 

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