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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Software => Topic started by: Pick on 22 March 2002, 17:07

Title: XP-Mandrake Dual boot tip
Post by: Pick on 22 March 2002, 17:07

I have a dual boot E-machines 667ir with Mandrake 8.1 and ME on it. As you all know, ME is worthless crap. So I decided to see what all the hubub was on XP. I selected UPGRADE instead of clean install, and was very surprised to see that it did not trash my MBR. After the upgrade EVERYTHING worked, I could still dual boot with no problems. I still like Linux better. I did not realize that Microsoft merged with Fisher Price.

Title: XP-Mandrake Dual boot tip
Post by: LukeHashJ on 22 March 2002, 19:16

As you can see, XP is very stable.
 

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I did not realize that Microsoft merged with Fisher Price.

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yea. You can change all of those settings by using TweakUI from www.tweakxp.com (http://www.tweakxp.com).

 Or even better - get some badass themes from Theme XP (http://www.themexp.org/).  Be sure to check out the "How to Install Section".

Title: XP-Mandrake Dual boot tip
Post by: Mojo on 1 April 2002, 23:44

*ugh* Mandrake.

*utters barely-audible moans about the bloated, newbie distro*

Title: XP-Mandrake Dual boot tip
Post by: Brent on 2 April 2002, 04:05

I agree mojo!!  Who the hell needs GUI's? A real linux guru uses command lines.. Microsoft hasnt brought out a decent OS since DOS...To hell with the newbies.. A person should either be born into this or leave it alone.. I hate looking at stupid pictures on my monitor.. If I want to look at a picture, I will look at the one on my wall...    Fuck Newbies!!!

Title: XP-Mandrake Dual boot tip
Post by: Calum on 2 April 2002, 14:42

ha! bring back punch cards and fat-fingered switches i say!
you command line pussies don't know when you've got it good!
Christ it makes me hard to spend weeks on a set of punch cards only to have to search through them all for the one mistake i made!
<sarcasm mode off>