ya prolly didna miss me , but the dain computor went nuts the last time i was on here , and then whammo !!!!!!!! it crashed . it's kinda fixed now but were still qorking on retrieving lost data etc. so good gosh if i know whether it'll be working the next time i get on it !!!!!!!!!!!!! our broadband cable provider slipped an anti spy program of their own in and it has really messed things up . so beware !!!!!!!!!!!! later guy's oh and i still don't have a functioning email so if any of ya's tried that it's not up yet ..................

 

Hi there Kevin! I just figured you went Postal again!

 

I drove down Dirksen past your road a few days ago and wondered where you've been. Glad you're well and DIDN'T go postal. Good luck getting back to normal.

 

Kevin, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but I think that anti-spyware program has somehow posted your picture to the left of your screen name.

 

yeah prolly did . but da-- aint i good looking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

You are, but I think those Mel-o-Creams are catching up with you. Actually, I did miss your presence on the forum. I'm glad to see you're back!

 

yeah now if i can just get all the stuff running right and all the stuff we lost recovered .................. been busy or postal as some of you put it too . 10 hours a day minimum 6 days a week and they're getting ready to add another pickup worth about another 1,000 hours a year so i may not be on here quite like i was !!!!!!!!

 

Howdy Kevin!!

Glad you're "back"

If you lived closer, I would come over and switch you to LINUX and you'd never have another computer problem!!!


Cheers,


Rick

 

WB, Kevin! I'm about to "scrap" my computer and go Linux, myself.

 

I have tried FEDORA, UBUNTU, RED HAT (the boxed version 8.x-9.x) and SuSE.

This computer is a dual core AMD64 with 4GB ram.

I'm currently running Opensuse 11.4 x64 on it.

openSUSE.org

I've been running Suse and Opensuse since about 2000 and have never looked back!

it comes with either the Gnome desktop or KDE (or both!) & other less popular desktop environments. {{ The "desktop environment" is what you see and click}}

I use KDE because it's the most Windows-like so other people in my family can use it with little or no "training".


All the above operating systems and associated software are completely FREE. (like free beer!! and FreeDOM)

I'll never go back to Microshaft Winblows for my "internet" computer !


Cheers, Yall!!

Rick







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well i will run this info past the wife and see what she says then my rocket scientist unk . if it sounds reasonab le i may be joining you on the others listed . i know im pulling my hair out trying to figure this dain thing out !!! it's getting bad enough i went out and got the 30 pound sledge-o-matic and i'm about to do my imitation of gallagher here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Kevin,


If you really want to try Linux, and your computer is not a "slug" (at least a 2ghz cpu, at least 1gb memory),

Go to your el-cheapo computer store and buy yourself an el-cheapo hard drive. You can easily get a good size drive for less than $100 You can also go to a "second-tier" computer store that has used computers and get a used drive for next to "nothing"

Open up the computer and install the drive in an unused spot.....2 or 4 screws, there's 1 power and 1 data cable connection per drive...........most computers have room for 2 or 3 drives (or more).

Then UN-plug your current drive and plug in the 'new' drive.

This way you can install Linux on the new drive and leave your other drive completely un-touched.

If you decide you want to go back to Winblows, you can just unplug the Linux drive and plug the Winders one back in.

No harm, no foul......


It's really easy. You can also try it by putting a "LIVE" copy of Ubuntu on a "thumb" drive.

The memory "stick" must be at least 2GB in size. Once you have it installed on the "stick" you just boot the computer from the stick.
(The USB system on your computer and the "stick" should be version 2.0. If it's older [1.x] it'll be very slow. Slow enough to drive you crazy!!!)


This method requires you to get into the computer BIOS setup so you can change how it boots.

most computers come already preset to boot from a

1. floppy
2. CD/DVD
3. hard-drive

In the above order.

You can change or delete the above options or just have one.

To boot from a memory "stick" you usually have to go into the boot menu and add "removable drive" or "USB device" etc, and make it the #1 boot device.

THEN if it's plugged in when you "throw the switch" The computer comes up with a menu asking if you want to either install or try without installing etc.

If you turn it on without having the "stick" plugged in, the computer starts (Windows) normally.


A third way is to just download the installation files to your Windows desktop. I have not tried this method but there's no reason why it wouldn't work.




All this "stuff" is explained on the UBUNTU and all the other sites.

Ubuntu is considered the easiest Linux distro to install and use and the most popular.

Download | Ubuntu


Cheers,


Rick

 

well good sir my computor , which is her old one , isnt a slug and is in boxes so i may just drag it out and do as you suggest !!!!!!!!!

 

Well, if you want, I can probably help with a little TTS (telephone tech support) If you decide to try OpenSuse.

I just installed Opensuse 12.1 (64bit) on this desktop and 12.1 32bit on my old Dell laptop.


Both are working swimmingly!!


Cheers,


Rick

 

Linux, Unix, KDE, whatever- is a completely different world and takes some getting used. Its a little difficult to install the first time, as is getting the drivers and internet working. Once everything is running, you're golden.

Just dont pull a me and forget your root password,

You don't need a good computer to run Linux, people put unix/linux on gameboys, hell, I ran a 386 for years before I was able to afford a newer computer. Linux was the only way that machine was still usable.