On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 10:44:59 -0500, Rick Meyerhoff <rick at eworld3.net> wrote: > Johnny Fulcrum wrote: >> jmeier at worldcomputerexchange.org >> or goto www.worldcomputerexchane.org for other office locations. > > one 'g' short: > http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org/ >> >> Some of the computers I get are not wiped, some are - the ones that are >> - usually ship blank, buuuttttt - there's nothing stopping me from >> putting LINUX on them... I've put Lycoris on a few - but would like to > Hmmm, they don't mention Linux on their web site, maybe you can get them > to change that. :-) They used to have a link up front for partnership with mandrake... hummm wonder what happened... there's a link under the "To Partner" tab called "ideas for linux" it goes to: http://digitalequalizer.org/linux Linux and GNU KDE etc stuff comes up in the following link: http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org/originals/support_for_local_languages_in_computer_software.htm wonder what happened with the Mandrake link... there was a nice little page on why linux was a good choice for these older machines - and about opensource in general... I'll ask where that all went. > The WCE may be a way to expose a lot of people to Linux. In fact I > wonder if they run the risk of getting in trouble with M$ if they don't > have licenses for every box Windoze installed. > >> develop a lean-n-mean install of Redhat/mandrake/suse - whatever... I >> think you can run though a install and then save off your choices for > That option does come up but I have never used it. I guess I don't know > what they would do with disk partitioning if the disks are not the same > size. It would be nice if you could just tell the installer to use a > scheme that it "thought" was good and just tell you if the disk was too > small. > >> future installs yes? I currently have about 15 old compaqs that were >> wiped and are now sitting blank... I was going to stop by install fest >> this weekend and get a feel for the event - but I can only stay a short >> while as it seems to be wedding season and my saturday is packed! Dang >> it! > > You'll just have to come to the next one! _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list