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[email protected] February 17th 08 01:58 AM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 

If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
this should interest you


Why Save XP:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...why_xp_sh.html


Petition:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp






[email protected] February 17th 08 02:57 AM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
On Feb 16, 8:58 pm, wrote:
If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
this should interest you

Why Save XP:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...earn_why_xp_sh....

Petition:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp


More "Why save XP"

http://www.activewin.com/awin/commen...ineIndex=42308

and then there's this


http://www.jawjab.com/20-reasons-why-vista-sucks/




dave February 17th 08 06:28 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
wrote:
If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
this should interest you


Why Save XP:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...why_xp_sh.html


Petition:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp





There is a Service Pack 3 coming. XP will be around a long time.

RHF February 17th 08 06:38 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
On Feb 17, 10:28*am, dave wrote:
wrote:
If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
*this should interest you


Why Save XP:


http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...earn_why_xp_sh....


Petition:


http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp

-
- There is a Service Pack 3 coming.
-*XP will be around a long time.
-

Dave - Let us hope so -cause- Windows' VISAT is an Oops ~ RHF

Windows XP Home Edition and Service Pack 2
http://search.ebay.com/windows-xp-ho...sPageNameZWLRS

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Pro with Service Pack 2
http://search.ebay.com/windows-xp-pr...sPageNameZWLRS

Both are still available on eBay and many other places.

David Eduardo[_4_] February 17th 08 11:20 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 

"dave" wrote in message
...
wrote:
If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
this should interest you


Why Save XP:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...why_xp_sh.html


Petition:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp





There is a Service Pack 3 coming. XP will be around a long time.


The late beta of SP3 is actually posted and has been for a while.



bdenley February 17th 08 11:32 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
VISAT??

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

"RHF" wrote in message
...
On Feb 17, 10:28 am, dave wrote:


Dave - Let us hope so -cause- Windows' VISAT is an Oops ~ RHF



RHF February 18th 08 12:49 AM

(OT) : Save Windows XP
 
On Feb 17, 3:32*pm, "bdenley" wrote:
-
- VISAT??
-
--
Brian Denleyhttp://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

"RHF" wrote in message

...
On Feb 17, 10:28 am, dave wrote:

-
- Dave - Let us hope so -cause- Windows' VISAT is an Oops ~ RHF

Dang BD,

'VISAT' - Oops Indeedie-do . . . That should be "VISTA" !
As in "Windows Vista" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista

Not only am I "Clueless", but I can't 'smell' either,
and that just Stinks.

~ RHF

koekoek February 18th 08 12:14 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
wrote:


If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
this should interest you


Why Save XP:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...why_xp_sh.html


Petition:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp



Most of these apps work under linux with wine, I suppose?? (the only things
I'm not 100% sure is serial connections and such). You'll be able to use
the progs without windows (licence). see winehq.com and eg
http://frankscorner.org/

And there are other apps, for free, like here, this is a list (not
complete):
http://users.fulladsl.be/spb13810/linux/radio.txt

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Suid-Afrikaans, Chinese, Dansk, Urdu, Cantonese, Greek, Spanish,
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http://users.fulladsl.be/spb13810/swlist/ Updated every month or so ....

Steve February 18th 08 05:03 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
On Feb 17, 6:20*pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"dave" wrote in message

...





wrote:
If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
*this should interest you


Why Save XP:


http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...earn_why_xp_sh....


Petition:


http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp


There is a Service Pack 3 coming. *XP will be around a long time.


The late beta of SP3 is actually posted and has been for a while.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Why should we believe you about this when you've lied about so many
other things?

[email protected] February 19th 08 12:38 AM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
On Feb 17, 1:28 pm, dave wrote:
wrote:
If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
this should interest you


Why Save XP:


http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...earn_why_xp_sh....


Petition:


http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp


There is a Service Pack 3 coming. XP will be around a long time.


That ( SP3) is ONLY for Current Boxes with XP on them;

If , down the road a bit, you want to get a PENRYN or NEHALEM Powered
PC, your ( Currently ) stuck with Vista

( More below )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Posted by: tuxinator at February 17, 2008 05:56 AM

I've used all windows variants from 2.0, and with only a few
exceptions haven't had major issues with any

of them. And I've NEVER written anything about software good or bad
anywhere until now. This is my first

ever post anywhere on the 'Net. Neither have I used Vista, but have
fixed about 8 PCs with Vista installed

ex-shop. All have complained about slowness - bootup, software loading
and general use:


even on one high-end Core Duo 2.0gHz machine.

I'm planning to stay with XP until it falls over from old age. Mine's
a P4 2.8, 1.5gb RAM, 180GB

SATA HDD, etc etc. Was latest tech when I bought it about 2.5 years
ago, so I think it'll last for a

while yet. (Proviso being part availability.)

If there's not something less of a HOG than Vista around at the time
I'll seriously look at an

Open Source alternative, even though I haven't got a clue on
installing and configuring

it at the moment. HOG used to mean "Harley Owners' Group", but now
seems to have been overshadowed

by Vista.

Why oh why did Microsoft release such a load of rubbish - I know it's
money, shareholders demand ROI,

but MS is operating like it believes no other person's opinion matters
except its own.



...


wrote:
If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
this should interest you


Why Save XP:


http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...earn_why_xp_sh....


Petition:


http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp



-

dave February 19th 08 01:29 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
Steve wrote:
On Feb 17, 6:20 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"dave" wrote in message

...





wrote:
If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
this should interest you
Why Save XP:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...earn_why_xp_sh....
Petition:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp
There is a Service Pack 3 coming. XP will be around a long time.

The late beta of SP3 is actually posted and has been for a while.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Why should we believe you about this when you've lied about so many
other things?


RC is the real deal, not Beta.

dave February 19th 08 01:36 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
wrote:

There is a Service Pack 3 coming. XP will be around a long time.


That ( SP3) is ONLY for Current Boxes with XP on them;

If , down the road a bit, you want to get a PENRYN or NEHALEM Powered
PC, your ( Currently ) stuck with Vista

( More below )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Posted by: tuxinator at February 17, 2008 05:56 AM

I've used all windows variants from 2.0, and with only a few
exceptions haven't had major issues with any

of them. And I've NEVER written anything about software good or bad
anywhere until now. This is my first

ever post anywhere on the 'Net. Neither have I used Vista, but have
fixed about 8 PCs with Vista installed

ex-shop. All have complained about slowness - bootup, software loading
and general use:


even on one high-end Core Duo 2.0gHz machine.

I'm planning to stay with XP until it falls over from old age. Mine's
a P4 2.8, 1.5gb RAM, 180GB

SATA HDD, etc etc. Was latest tech when I bought it about 2.5 years
ago, so I think it'll last for a

while yet. (Proviso being part availability.)

If there's not something less of a HOG than Vista around at the time
I'll seriously look at an

Open Source alternative, even though I haven't got a clue on
installing and configuring

it at the moment. HOG used to mean "Harley Owners' Group", but now
seems to have been overshadowed

by Vista.

Why oh why did Microsoft release such a load of rubbish - I know it's
money, shareholders demand ROI,

but MS is operating like it believes no other person's opinion matters
except its own.


Try Ubuntu. It gets more raw performance out of a given computer than
Windows' wildest dreams.

Oh yeah, it's free.

www.ubuntu.com

m II February 19th 08 04:19 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP--WHY?
 
dave wrote:

Try Ubuntu. It gets more raw performance out of a given computer than
Windows' wildest dreams.

Oh yeah, it's free.

www.ubuntu.com


Alternatively, give this a try.

http://www.kubuntu.org/announcements/6.10-release.php

It's also based on the Debian distribution and you can add a Gnome
desktop once you know what you want.

People should be aware that most Linux installs put a new boot block on
the first drive.

You have a choice if you want to start Linux or the Windows installation
you now have. You can either partition your existing drive or just
install another one. The prices on hard drives have come down
dramatically in the last few years.


A person can try it before installing anything by running it from a self
loading CD. Naturally, the cd is a heck of a lot slower than a hard
drive, but at least you get to play without committing.


From another site:
======================================
The desktop CD allows you to try Kubuntu without changing your computer
at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. This type of
CD is what most people will want to use. You will need at least 192MB of
RAM to install from this CD.

http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.06/
=======================================






mike

dave February 20th 08 01:19 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP--WHY?
 
m II wrote:
dave wrote:

Try Ubuntu. It gets more raw performance out of a given computer than
Windows' wildest dreams.

Oh yeah, it's free.

www.ubuntu.com


Alternatively, give this a try.

http://www.kubuntu.org/announcements/6.10-release.php

It's also based on the Debian distribution and you can add a Gnome
desktop once you know what you want.

People should be aware that most Linux installs put a new boot block on
the first drive.

You have a choice if you want to start Linux or the Windows installation
you now have. You can either partition your existing drive or just
install another one. The prices on hard drives have come down
dramatically in the last few years.


A person can try it before installing anything by running it from a self
loading CD. Naturally, the cd is a heck of a lot slower than a hard
drive, but at least you get to play without committing.


From another site:
======================================
The desktop CD allows you to try Kubuntu without changing your computer
at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. This type of
CD is what most people will want to use. You will need at least 192MB of
RAM to install from this CD.

http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.06/
=======================================






mike

Be sure to defrag your "C:\" drive before you install a Linux partition
along side Windows.

The bootup OS chooser thing is called the GRUB.

[email protected] March 1st 08 06:09 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP--WHY?
 
Nora,,,,,,!
Where did you put my wire pliers?
cuhulin


David[_6_] March 3rd 08 07:41 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 

Hi All:

Here's a little video on Windows Vista; entitled " Vista Sucks"

http://blimptv.blogspot.com/2007/11/vista-sucks.html


- Now that your in a good mood, please go to the link below

and sigh the petition to

Save Windows XP.


http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/


After you've done all this, consider sending this message to all your
friends; everywhere

Thanks

About 100,000 other people who've already signed the petition to Save
Windows XP.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/



On Feb 16, 9:57 pm, wrote:
On Feb 16, 8:58 pm, wrote:

If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
this should interest you


Why Save XP:


http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...earn_why_xp_sh....


Petition:


http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp


More "Why save XP"

http://www.activewin.com/awin/commen...ineIndex=42308

and then there's this

http://www.jawjab.com/20-reasons-why-vista-sucks/



David[_6_] April 29th 08 12:41 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
Hi All:

Here's a little video onWindowsVista; entitled " Vista Sucks"

http://blimptv.blogspot.com/2007/11/vista-sucks.html

- Now that your in a good mood, please go to the link below

and sigh the petition to

Save Windows XP.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/

After you've done all this, consider sending this message to all
your
friends; everywhere

Thanks

About 190,000 other people who've already signed the petition to
Save Windows XP.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/



dave April 29th 08 01:25 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
David wrote:
Hi All:

Here's a little video onWindowsVista; entitled " Vista Sucks"

http://blimptv.blogspot.com/2007/11/vista-sucks.html

- Now that your in a good mood, please go to the link below

and sigh the petition to

Save Windows XP.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/

After you've done all this, consider sending this message to all
your
friends; everywhere

Thanks

About 190,000 other people who've already signed the petition to
Save Windows XP.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/


www.ubuntu.com


Opus- April 30th 08 01:58 AM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:25:39 -0700, dave spake
thusly:


www.ubuntu.com


Been there done that. Didn't like it. Slowed my computer right down
and a terrible convoluted mess to try and install anything outside of
the cult offerings.


dave April 30th 08 01:23 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
Opus- wrote:
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:25:39 -0700, dave spake
thusly:


www.ubuntu.com


Been there done that. Didn't like it. Slowed my computer right down
and a terrible convoluted mess to try and install anything outside of
the cult offerings.


The cult offerings are quite expansive.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/

Odd, most people report a marked improvement in performance, especially
if using Xubuntu.

Opus- May 1st 08 02:42 AM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:23:45 -0700, dave spake
thusly:

Opus- wrote:
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:25:39 -0700, dave spake
thusly:


www.ubuntu.com


Been there done that. Didn't like it. Slowed my computer right down
and a terrible convoluted mess to try and install anything outside of
the cult offerings.


The cult offerings are quite expansive.


Nothing exciting there. Many things depend on your particular GUI.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/

Odd, most people report a marked improvement in performance, especially
if using Xubuntu.


No performance advantage whatsoever. I also found it to be a
convoluted mess to install many applications. I tried many different
versions with different computers. I had a dual boot setup for a
number of months. I kept going back to Windows XP. I tried Ubuntu,
Mandrake and Red Hat. I didn't give up easily or lightly.


dave May 1st 08 01:58 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
Opus- wrote:
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:23:45 -0700, dave spake
thusly:

Opus- wrote:
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:25:39 -0700, dave spake
thusly:


www.ubuntu.com
Been there done that. Didn't like it. Slowed my computer right down
and a terrible convoluted mess to try and install anything outside of
the cult offerings.

The cult offerings are quite expansive.


Nothing exciting there. Many things depend on your particular GUI.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/

Odd, most people report a marked improvement in performance, especially
if using Xubuntu.


No performance advantage whatsoever. I also found it to be a
convoluted mess to install many applications. I tried many different
versions with different computers. I had a dual boot setup for a
number of months. I kept going back to Windows XP. I tried Ubuntu,
Mandrake and Red Hat. I didn't give up easily or lightly.

Whatever. I felt a great sense of liberation when I ditched the
uberparanoid snarky world of Windows.

harvey[_2_] May 1st 08 02:26 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
On May 1, 8:58 am, dave wrote:
Opus- wrote:
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:23:45 -0700, dave spake
thusly:


Opus- wrote:
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:25:39 -0700, dave spake
thusly:


www.ubuntu.com
Been there done that. Didn't like it. Slowed my computer right down
and a terrible convoluted mess to try and install anything outside of
the cult offerings.


The cult offerings are quite expansive.


Nothing exciting there. Many things depend on your particular GUI.


http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/


Odd, most people report a marked improvement in performance, especially
if using Xubuntu.


No performance advantage whatsoever. I also found it to be a
convoluted mess to install many applications. I tried many different
versions with different computers. I had a dual boot setup for a
number of months. I kept going back to Windows XP. I tried Ubuntu,
Mandrake and Red Hat. I didn't give up easily or lightly.


Whatever. I felt a great sense of liberation when I ditched the
uberparanoid snarky world of Windows.


I too have a dual Boot machine; XP / Ubuntu..

-I enjoy having the Unix window for commands;

- Just like at work !

caveats;

there are still some problems if you stress things like graphics, ;
- Hence the recovery mode . -

- And since my machine is dual boot, I can still go over to teh XP
side & search around for solutins.

I have been testing importing different applications to Ubuntu from XP;
\\- and have had surprisingly good results !

For most Users, and those on a tight budget, Ubuntu can do just as
well as windows

- And it's FREE !




dave May 2nd 08 01:54 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
harvey wrote:
On May 1, 8:58 am, dave wrote:
Opus- wrote:
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:23:45 -0700, dave spake
thusly:
Opus- wrote:
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:25:39 -0700, dave spake
thusly:
www.ubuntu.com
Been there done that. Didn't like it. Slowed my computer right down
and a terrible convoluted mess to try and install anything outside of
the cult offerings.
The cult offerings are quite expansive.
Nothing exciting there. Many things depend on your particular GUI.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/
Odd, most people report a marked improvement in performance, especially
if using Xubuntu.
No performance advantage whatsoever. I also found it to be a
convoluted mess to install many applications. I tried many different
versions with different computers. I had a dual boot setup for a
number of months. I kept going back to Windows XP. I tried Ubuntu,
Mandrake and Red Hat. I didn't give up easily or lightly.

Whatever. I felt a great sense of liberation when I ditched the
uberparanoid snarky world of Windows.


I too have a dual Boot machine; XP / Ubuntu..

-I enjoy having the Unix window for commands;

- Just like at work !

caveats;

there are still some problems if you stress things like graphics, ;
- Hence the recovery mode . -

- And since my machine is dual boot, I can still go over to teh XP
side & search around for solutins.

I have been testing importing different applications to Ubuntu from XP;
\\- and have had surprisingly good results !

For most Users, and those on a tight budget, Ubuntu can do just as
well as windows

- And it's FREE !



I've never crashed my Ubuntu boxes. If I did, I'd use a live CD of
Puppy Linux, to poke around.

And it's indeed free, in more ways than one.

harvey[_2_] May 26th 08 11:23 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
On May 2, 8:54 am, dave wrote:
harvey wrote:
On May 1, 8:58 am, dave wrote:
Opus- wrote:
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:23:45 -0700, dave spake
thusly:
Opus- wrote:
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:25:39 -0700, dave spake
thusly:
www.ubuntu.com
Been there done that. Didn't like it. Slowed my computer right down
and a terrible convoluted mess to try and install anything outside of
the cult offerings.
The cult offerings are quite expansive.
Nothing exciting there. Many things depend on your particular GUI.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/
Odd, most people report a marked improvement in performance, especially
if using Xubuntu.
No performance advantage whatsoever. I also found it to be a
convoluted mess to install many applications. I tried many different
versions with different computers. I had a dual boot setup for a
number of months. I kept going back to Windows XP. I tried Ubuntu,
Mandrake and Red Hat. I didn't give up easily or lightly.
Whatever. I felt a great sense of liberation when I ditched the
uberparanoid snarky world of Windows.


I too have a dual Boot machine; XP / Ubuntu..


-I enjoy having the Unix window for commands;


- Just like at work !


caveats;


there are still some problems if you stress things like graphics, ;
- Hence the recovery mode . -


- And since my machine is dual boot, I can still go over to teh XP
side & search around for solutins.


I have been testing importing different applications to Ubuntu from XP;
\\- and have had surprisingly good results !


For most Users, and those on a tight budget, Ubuntu can do just as
well as windows


- And it's FREE !


I've never crashed my Ubuntu boxes. If I did, I'd use a live CD of
Puppy Linux, to poke around.

And it's indeed free, in more ways than one.


It can get corrupted if you poke at it too hard;

- hence the Linux For Dummies Books



dave May 27th 08 02:28 PM

( OT) Save Windows XP
 
harvey wrote:

- And it's FREE !

I've never crashed my Ubuntu boxes. If I did, I'd use a live CD of
Puppy Linux, to poke around.

And it's indeed free, in more ways than one.


It can get corrupted if you poke at it too hard;

- hence the Linux For Dummies Books



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