Hello Alec,
You're right. I'll sell the damn thing to a windowite.
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Alec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>On Friday 11 January 2002 11:05 am, wrote:
>> Hello Debianites,
>>
>> Personally i've grown attached to the Debian way of doing things (cfr.
>> prev. mail) yet am still stuck with a windows-only scanner.
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone can tell me about the possibility to get the
>> Debian/Gnu Linux-style to work on a to-be-installed Lindows system.
>>
>> Lindows itself seems to be a very specific distribution wich requires a
>> complete reinstall. Dunno if re-partitioning is required but i don't want
>> to have to start learning non-Debian Linux configuration. I'll learn that
>> if the need really does require it ;)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Joris
>
>Joris, you want to switch to a proprietary platform just to get your scanner
>to work?! I understand that Lindows will cost $99 (I'm not sure what they are
>going to do about GPL in their code) Firstly, Lindows is likely to be killed
>to MS or the market. Secondly, scanners cost less. Thirdly, I would value
>computing freedom a bit more than the price of a typical scanner.
>
>Alec
>
