Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:59:16 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Don Tyson <tyson@stanfordalumni.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no flames, please. Message-ID: <20050312005916.GA48346@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <E1D9swf-0004t8-00@pop-a065c28.pas.sa.earthlink.net> References: <20050311222646.GC47688@thought.org> <E1D9swf-0004t8-00@pop-a065c28.pas.sa.earthlink.net>
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 05:49:24PM -0500, Don Tyson wrote: > I am running XandrOS Linux on an old Digital PC box. It is almost > scarily Windows-like, but installs in a snap and, if you buy the > full edition, comes with Crossover Office for all the Windows > applications you can't wait to run. On another test box (a Dell), MS Office > ran just fine under XandrOS Linux and Crossover Office. > > It updates just like Windows Update (which is good or bad, depending > on your point of view). > Or maybe you mean: All the Windows apps you can't wait to have crash and burn!! Can you run this flavor of Linux and dual-boot FBSD? About the *only* thing I want to use Win for is the billions and billions of CD apps. Like French, and "make your own greeting cards" and maybe a few classic card/board games. gary PS: When did DEC ever have a PeeCee? I remember their 11/* machines fondly; the next thing I knew they got bought out by a PC firm. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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