From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 12 00:59:20 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9E7A16A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:59:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 656BB43D41 for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:59:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j2C0xHEZ061516; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:59:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j2C0xHJD048399; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:59:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j2C0xHDU048398; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:59:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:59:16 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Don Tyson Message-ID: <20050312005916.GA48346@thought.org> References: <20050311222646.GC47688@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i cc: Gary Kline cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no flames, please. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:59:20 -0000 On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 05:49:24PM -0500, Don Tyson wrote: > I am running XandrOS Linux on an old Digital PC box. It is almost > scarily Windows-like, but installs in a snap and, if you buy the > full edition, comes with Crossover Office for all the Windows > applications you can't wait to run. On another test box (a Dell), MS Office > ran just fine under XandrOS Linux and Crossover Office. > > It updates just like Windows Update (which is good or bad, depending > on your point of view). > Or maybe you mean: All the Windows apps you can't wait to have crash and burn!! Can you run this flavor of Linux and dual-boot FBSD? About the *only* thing I want to use Win for is the billions and billions of CD apps. Like French, and "make your own greeting cards" and maybe a few classic card/board games. gary PS: When did DEC ever have a PeeCee? I remember their 11/* machines fondly; the next thing I knew they got bought out by a PC firm. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix