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RH found mine on the install, never had to config anything. in fact, it worked on my USB hub, which XP gave me errors on. XP saw it, but couldnt use it unless i pluged it right into the PC (power issue) but in the hub with no extra power source, linux had no issue. i know this doesnt help, but what the hey

Ok, I have had the final MS straw. Had a dumbarse, excel froze and hung, windows lost every freaking printer that WAS installed on it, and when i tried to readd a printer it couldnt find any lpt ports. SCREW MS! im going to go home and delete xp and make my machine dedicated linux, sell my games that only run on windows and live HAPPILY ever after!

APK P.S.=> To me? Apple currently represents the "perfect Unix based machine" for end-users... what Unix should always have been! apk ------------------------------------------------------------------- Almost perfect, because its nix based, it comes with the nix security issues as well. doesnt seem to be as much of an issue, but I have seen atleast on problem so far. Its by far a prettier, more stable, as user friendly option for those wanting to escape the iron grip of faulty MS bug ridden vaporware.

Ok, A$$ got edited (censored) yet you can hear it all day long on your local radio station. Does the moderators possibly have their priorities WAYYYYYYYYYYY out of whack? ofcourse, its an NT site, a pro MS site (Bill Gates: censor censor censor, keep them stupider than we are!)

its not the same. For PS2 they KNOW what everyone is using, they KNOW how to optimise the game code. for PC it does matter what you have, they are trying to make it generically for x86 platform. All of the PCs are running differnt OS's, different proc. speeds, different video cards, different amounts of ram. They try to code it using the lowest common demoninator and still make the game work nice, but that doesnt always happen. Thats why MACs are so stable, they follow some form of standards (risc processing, only one brand of proc. not 3 /amd, intel, cyrix/ its a whole different world, ill bet you a mac version would be more stable. (i dont own a mac, and never have, and im not a mac fanatic, i just know they are stable *** machines)

Clutch, i have just realized something about you, if someone doesnt share your opinion, they are a "fanatic" or a (whatever they are talking about)loony. Whats up with that crap?

original sapiens74 /* No one makes you Use IE, or Windows Media. */ Yes they do, MS even tried to make msn.com viewable ONLY by IE untill they got their hand slapped. If you tried to view the page with anything but IE you got a page telling you to upgrade to IE. Its also obvious MS see's linux as a viable threat. We all know Mac isnt (ONLY because of its hardware price) because MS makes IE and office for Mac. They dont for linux (an open source OS that they could make IE and office work flawless on because they have the core code) because they know Linux has a future chance of being their downfall. and they also know if they make office for linux they are going to lose a butt load of money from lower sales of their OS's. Its already been shown in surveys that alot of companies would ditch ms OS if they could get office to run on another system (but again mac hardware is not cost effective unless you are into grafics.) On the other hand, Linux isnt going uphill very fast because its not user friendly for joe blow who just wants to use email or surf the web, considering you do have to have a clue, so you can setup security and add apps (average people are gona say tar what? rpm..huh?) So here we have 2 ups and 2 downs. Windows is easy, but not stable, user friendly but causes a good deal of agrivation. Linux is stable, but not easy, not user friendly, causes a good deal of agrivation but for different reasons. I personally think MS is best set for the desktop and Linux for servers. desktops need to be easy, and servers extremely stable. There you have it. I can dream enough to wish MS death, but smart enough to see they arent leaving the desktop for awhile atleast. But the linux server arena does keep growing.

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There are several Linux boot disks out there for download that will change any NT password on the local machine (local being the one they can get to physically and boot with the floppy) Change the BIOS's to have an admin password, make the floppy not bootable via the bios, sure its not going to STOP anyone, but may make it not worth their while, especially if they have a chance of getting walked in on with the case open. (i think ntbootdisk.com has this disk too, the linux disk that is)

Linux isnt really "that" hard to make work. There are a few things that may snag ya up, but considering the license fees, linux vs ms. Linux is the way to go, especially for a server, you config it once and let it go, it can collect dust, sit in water, anything and will still plug away as whatever you set it out to do. (ok maybe not sit in water, but damn close!) them thar winderz may be purty, but you cant beat linux, especially for something dedicated, config, leave it, done, for good.

Take the PC, box it back up, take it to the store, and explain to them why you shouldnt own a PC

Sims on XP works fine.

From what I understand SMB/Samba even with encryption is not very hard. I have a buddy that uses it on an all Linux network with a win2k box for mp3s and some apps. Works well, and i think he had it working in minutes.

SMB (aka samba) is a network service winderz uses, its already there. just need it on the linux side of things. i think i explained that right, i know what i mean, i think i got it out right

allrighty then, you do the search for it, i was just copying and pasting, but i do know what i read.