OS, then its probably not enough to run Vista or Win7 then. Right?
I recently install Ubuntu on an old Dell 600 series laptop and was
rather surprised by how fast it was and all the stuff I could run
normally. It may seem risky to try to get them to try using a different
OS, but we took that risk in the 90s a lot and got through it. 10 years
later its much safer to do and you're much more likely to be successful
in converting a user.
I think one thing that the Linux advocates forgot to do is to teach a
new generation of Linux advocates how to promote Linux. An OS can't
promote itself, it needs users to do that.
On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 02:34:22PM GMT, Mark Warner [markwarner1954@att.net] said the following:
> Of course. Except for the facts that
>
> 1) the machine I'm cobbling together isn't going to have much
> horsepower, at least not enough to run a VM with decent performance
>
> 2) you still need an OS and software for the VM. We all know the IU
> stuff is easily obtained, but I was hoping to be more legit.
>
>
> Mark Krenz wrote:
> > As if it has to be said.
> >
> > Sounds like a great opportunity to spring Ubuntu and Wine or
> > Virtualbox on them.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 09:55:16PM GMT, Mark Warner [markwarner1954@att.net] said the following:
> >> I have been asked to rebuild a computer for a new Ivy Tech student, and
> >> was wondering if they have access to Microsoft operating systems and
> >> software similar to the arrangement that IU students, faculty, and staff
> >> enjoy. The student didn't know herself.
>
>
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