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I'm running SimplyMEPIS on my Thinkpad T23 notebook. It installed all my hardware, including the Winmodem, that I'm using right now.

Plus, Synaptic makes it simple to install just about anything you could possibly want.

I have no idea why anyone would purchase Vista, when Linux has become so damned useable.

14 posted on 10/12/2006 6:29:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

SimplyMEPIS and PCLinuxOS are the best Linux distro's IMHO...

28 posted on 10/12/2006 7:17:14 PM PDT by Echo Talon

To: E. Pluribus Unum

I have no idea why anyone would purchase Vista, when Linux has become so damned useable.

Because of the universe of programs written for the MS platforms.

Though games, Apps and freeware/shareware utilities are being written more and more for Linux, there is still a wide chasm between the two as far as availability of programs. I'd switch tomorrow but I have no way of duplicating all the programs I use (and there are a ton of them) for a Linux OS...nor do I have the time to search for those duplicates.
I will find the time when/if MS pisses me off sufficiently to make it a must.

I like Simply Mepis. I use it on occasion but will stick with XP until...well, you know.

37 posted on 10/12/2006 9:44:26 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I can't complain...but sometimes I still do.)

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