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Subject: Re: Help? (unix as windoze replacement)
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At 09:49 AM 4/6/2006, you wrote:
>Don't use FreeBSD.  I know this will be an unpopular post on this 
>list, but you've said a number of things that tell me that you will 
>be unsuccessful with FreeBSD:

Unpopular, perhaps.  But good advice.  If you're looking for a nearly 
effortless desktop unix, you might try Mepis Linux 
http://www.mepis.org/  It's designed to be what you seem to be 
looking for (a turn-key graphic desktop OS.)  Runs or loads directly 
from CD;  comes with browser, email, printing, OpenOffice, etc.

    -Wayne