On Saturday 08 March 2025 02:59:53 am wn4isx via groups.io wrote:
I suppose at some point I'll have to break down and learn Linux. But not yet. A friend says I should run Linuz with ?Virtualbox? shell running Windose when I need my fancy analysis program.
I've run nothing but linux since 1999. And yeah, virtualbox is one way to go, this email client is running under Slackware 12.2 (because I like the older version of kmail) on a Debian host system. Works well for me... I'm looking at moving to a different virtualization system on this new computer I have here, I'm just not sure how I'm gonna port all this mail over.
We're a m$-free zone here. :-)
My lady had a compact little box that ran XP, until the hard drive croaked. After putting another one in that box I handed her an Ubuntu CD that I had handy and said "Here, try this and see if you like it" and she was fine with that. Some hardware got replaced, but that system was pretty dated. There was a similarly small box on ebay with Linux Mint pre-installed, and when I pointed that out she got it and has been using it ever since. Today she turns 80! If that non-technical person can handle it, you can too. There are a number of different versions of live CDs out there that you can boot and try out without having to install anything on your hard drive, I'll be glad to post some recommendations if you want.
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
