Re: Advice to newbie, please

2000-10-21 Thread Krzys Majewski
Rudi Borth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am considering switching the operating system of my personal > computer to GNU/Linux, and I would appreciate some guidance regarding two > elementary questions: > > Q1: Would this make sense for a single user who is not a programmer? Yes! A 486-25/8M

Re: Advice to newbie, please

2000-10-19 Thread Erik Steffl
Rudi Borth wrote: > > I am considering switching the operating system of my personal > computer to GNU/Linux, and I would appreciate some guidance regarding two > elementary questions: > > Q1: Would this make sense for a single user who is not a programmer? > > My system has been made Y2K compli

Re: Advice to newbie, please

2000-10-19 Thread William T Wilson
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Rudi Borth wrote: > Q1: Would this make sense for a single user who is not a programmer? You do not have to be a programmer to use Linux. > My system has been made Y2K compliant with HOLMFIX, shows the date > correctly, and includes: CPU 80486, 25 MHz, RAM 8 MB, SuperVGA It

Advice to newbie, please

2000-10-19 Thread Rudi Borth
I am considering switching the operating system of my personal computer to GNU/Linux, and I would appreciate some guidance regarding two elementary questions: Q1: Would this make sense for a single user who is not a programmer? My system has been made Y2K compliant with HOLMFIX, shows the date c