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advice for linux newbie
MrX:
Mandrake okay if you have more 312 of ram, a new speed harddisk, and a cpu bigger than 1Ghz. if your specs are lower than this, stay away.
Mr X
Brandon Paddock:
Mandrake is good for modern computers (it was originally one of the first i686-compiled distros, tuned for performance on Pentium II and later processors).
Gentoo and Ubuntu are good as well.
However, I prefer to use "grown up" OSes like NT and FreeBSD. You might want to check out the latter.
Brandon Paddock:
--- Quote from: tux4me ---This was as a result of the fact that I own a OEM version of windows XP and had to reinstall it because service pack 2 hosed it and then i was treated like a criminal on the phone when I had to reactivate it even thogh I am a system builder
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Riiiiiiiight.
Calum:
what the hell does "riiiiight" mean, brendon pillock?
who are you to cynically criticise what is clearly somebody's direct experience with microsoft's customer "service"?
Brandon Paddock:
--- Quote from: Calum ---what the hell does "riiiiight" mean
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It was an expression of disbelief. That is, I don't believe a licensed System Builder would not know how to install SP2, or that SP2 could "hose" a system, or that Microsoft's customer support would "treat him like a criminal."
However, that is, of course, my opinion - based solely on my experiences.
--- Quote ---, brendon pillock?
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huh?
--- Quote ---who are you to cynically criticise what is clearly somebody's direct experience with microsoft's customer "service"?
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I didn't criticize anything. And I'm cynical by nature. It's a bad habit, sorry Callus.
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