"WAYNE CHIRNSIDE -> ALAN HESS"  wrote in message
news:16922$CROSSFIRE{at}JamNNTPd...
 WC> Now I know you've had a bad experience with Linux but
 WC> I want to share the following.

 WC> Since moving to Slackware Linux some three to five weeks ago
 WC> I've gotten it completely configured to my tastes
 WC> and needs.

 WC> It's everything Windows pretends and aspires to
 WC> but it's here now, it works and it's rock stable.

 WC> Working at the command line in console is where it's at however
 WC> being something of a perfectionist I've optimised the Windows like
 WC> GUI as well.

 WC> I've Noatun which plays DVD movies as well as all the video
 WC> file formats and MP3  files as well.

 WC> True point and click in the Konqueror browser.

 WC> About the only thing _lacking_ here is ActiveX runtime environment
 WC> allowing web page based multimedia files to self actuate and run.

 WC> I can easily add this capabiltity however have decided not to
 WC> do so as it's a huge security risk.

 WC> That said once I get a better hard drive setup in the computer
 WC> case I do intend to add ActiveX but only to a seperate user
 WC> account in isolation to access but one web site thus sparing
 WC> me the security risks posed.

 WC> I may not even have to crack the case to install the new hard drive
 WC> as it sits there already intended as backup on a second I/O controller.

 WC> I can render the primary drive unbootable and inactive while making
 WC> what's now a backup drive the primary one set active and bootable.

 WC> I'm not saying it's all that easy as the syntax is at first very
intimidating.
 WC> In fact it's not for many.
 WC> But you can beat it into submission and after that it's
 WC> a very smooth and easy ride.

To bad you can't seem to take all that talent and figure out how to turn it
into a job so you could support yourself.

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