-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 CA> Later releases of KNOPPIX have had problems (don't recall what though)
 CA> and the main problem with the laptop is that so much is included on
 CA> the motherboard (nonstandard). :-\

I HATE that myself. I like standards.

 CA> I need too many of the applications for Windows to ever abandon it
 CA> entirely.

 WC>  I _may_ give 98 6.4 Gig out of a large hard drive and dual
 WC> boot.

 CA> I have a FAT32 partition with DOS as my security blanket (and can
 CA> dual boot).

Yeah what the heck. I've recovered Windows with Linux tools after 
booting to a Linux diskette.

 WC>  It's just that I find Windows so insecure, difficult
 WC>  to secure and a general PITA as compared to the Knoppix
 WC> Linux
 WC>  CD you sent along to me.

 CA> W2K is good for my uses now that I've tweaked it a bit.

 A tad pricey for me under current circumstances and there's
 always a new ore incomprehesible version to be acquired :-(
 
 Linux is ALWAYS upgrading and that darn free bit I like a lot.

 WC>  BTW thanks again muchly.

 CA> You're very welcome.

 WC>  I REALLY like the KDE desktop (platinum option)
 WC>  in 1024 x 768 resolution.

 WC>  Think I got those numbers right.

 CA> The people I've showed KNOPPIX to are impressed.  Many do not realize
 CA> how similar it is to Windows until they see it boot up. :-)

Shoot running K-mail you think you're running the freeware
Windows 32  mail application you recommended  whose name escapes for 
the moment and there's no difference at all between Mozilla run on
Windows windows or Linux except I think it runs faster and looks
sharper.
 
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