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to: WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
from: THURSTON ACKERMAN
date: 2003-12-01 16:14:00
subject: Re: Knoppix

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

WC> CA> MultiMail is probably your best option if you like that
WC> CA> interface and QWK packets.

WC>Well it's available as a Linux binary so I could just set it
WC>down in a directory with other binaries.
WC>Perhaps there's a Linux native OLR already in this release.

I am also enjoying your Knoppix developement Wayne and look
forward to your working out the MultiMail usesages here.

WC> WC> I can use Knoppix without my glasses on!

WC> CA> That would be handy. :-)

WC>It is SO much easier on my eyes.

WC> WC> I've got to do some reading and move this onto it's own
WC> WC> partition. Then I'll look up installling Abiword and see
WC> WC> about getting rid of Windows entirely!!!

WC> CA> When you get around to moving KNOPPIX to the hard drive keep
WC> CA> notes _on_paper_ as you go along of anything unusual you are
WC> CA> required to do to accomodate your machine.

WC> Well I enlarged my Linux native partition today to just under
WC> 2 Gig with the swap file set to 128 Meg after a scandisk and
WC> defrag last night.
WC> Looks like there are a lot of GUI tools to assist moving the WC> OS
to the hard drive so it's going to be experiment time WC> for a bit now.
WC> Need to find LinLoader in there somewhere so I can boot out of DOS.
WC> Now I'm thinking I should have given Knoppix 3 Gig instead of two.

Please also share your experience here with the rest of us.

Ciao, Ack.

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