Programs

I had to rebuild my backup computer, it's now using the hard drive
that who's DIR's had all been zeroed out, so being unable to get
anything off it, I formatted it and reinstalled w98 and now it's in my
back up computer. As I lost everything on it, I need to get a list of
astronomy software again to find the ones I had ( free ones ) and get
them again, one at a time, this modem doesn't go over 28.8bps.



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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 16:50:49 -0800, Starlord wrote:

I had to rebuild my backup computer, it's now using the hard drive
that who's DIR's had all been zeroed out, so being unable to get
anything off it, I formatted it and reinstalled w98 and now it's in my
back up computer. As I lost everything on it, I need to get a list of
astronomy software again to find the ones I had ( free ones ) and get
them again, one at a time, this modem doesn't go over 28.8bps.


Don't feel bad, I hosed my XP last night trying to partition the drive
for a dual boot Mepis Linux installation. Never partitioned a drive
before. Got Mepis installed but XP is no more. I may not re-install it,
Mepis is really working great! WE'll have to see as time goes by but it's
VERY nice not having to worry about the newest Mydoom or beagle viruses.

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 01:09:08
GMT, Fred Garvin wrote:
Don't feel bad, I hosed my XP last night trying to partition the drive
for a dual boot Mepis Linux installation. Never partitioned a drive
before. Got Mepis installed but XP is no more. I may not re-install it,
Mepis is really working great! WE'll have to see as time goes by but it's
VERY nice not having to worry about the newest Mydoom or beagle viruses.

Did you do the same thing I did, Fred? I saw the post by Lawrence
Sayre a few days mentioning Mepis so I checked it out. Liked what I
saw so I got a copy and registered it. I've always wanted to try
Linux and Mepis a great distro. The fact that you can boot from the
CD to surf, get email and news without even installing it - not to
mention the repair/recovery ability if XP gets hosed, was just what I
was looking for. Thanks Lawrence!

Les Blalock
http://www.txastro.com

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 20:51:39 -0600, Les Blalock wrote:

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 01:09:08
GMT, Fred Garvin wrote:
Don't feel bad, I hosed my XP last night trying to partition the drive
for a dual boot Mepis Linux installation. Never partitioned a drive
before. Got Mepis installed but XP is no more. I may not re-install it,
Mepis is really working great! WE'll have to see as time goes by but it's
VERY nice not having to worry about the newest Mydoom or beagle viruses.

Did you do the same thing I did, Fred? I saw the post by Lawrence
Sayre a few days mentioning Mepis so I checked it out. Liked what I
saw so I got a copy and registered it. I've always wanted to try
Linux and Mepis a great distro. The fact that you can boot from the
CD to surf, get email and news without even installing it - not to
mention the repair/recovery ability if XP gets hosed, was just what I
was looking for. Thanks Lawrence!

Les Blalock
http://www.txastro.com


Actually, I've been using Suse 8 for the past almost 2 years but wanted to
try some live distros. I got Knoppix 3.1 a few years ago and forgot I had
it so I fired that up on the old Dell last week and while surfing starting
reading about Mepis. Decided to buy a copy from Warren. I'm using it as I
type and REALLY like it! Slicker than greased owl poop!

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 13:06:45 GMT, Fred Garvin wrote:
Actually, I've been using Suse 8 for the past almost 2 years but wanted to
try some live distros. I got Knoppix 3.1 a few years ago and forgot I had
it so I fired that up on the old Dell last week and while surfing starting
reading about Mepis. Decided to buy a copy from Warren. I'm using it as I
type and REALLY like it! Slicker than greased owl poop!


Yeah. Hoo woulda thunk, huh?

And I guess you noticed the planetarium program KStars included?

Les Blalock
http://www.txastro.com

Don't feel bad, I hosed my XP last night trying to partition the drive
for a dual boot Mepis Linux installation. Never partitioned a drive
before. Got Mepis installed but XP is no more. I may not re-install it,
Mepis is really working great! WE'll have to see as time goes by but it's
VERY nice not having to worry about the newest Mydoom or beagle viruses.


Good idea, most viruses, worms, and trojans are aimed at Windows systems.
However, I would suggest checking out the site
http://isc.incidents.org/
and the info and news links there, to keep up on the nasties that are being
put out for Linux and other operating systems.

I lost my XP not long ago after one or more of the 16 bad sectors bit into the
recovery code on my PC. Geeks on Call saved as much data as they could
from the bad hard drive (music, pictures, and the like), then I got an 80G HD
at Best Buy and the 8-CD/ROM recovery set from HP and rebuilt my system.
The number of worms and trojans lately is hard to believe, but not ALL the
nasties are aimed at Windows alone, and ISC is a good place to keep up with
the latest news on all sorts of viruses, etc.

Clear, Dark, Steady Skies!
(And considerate neighbors!!!)

"Starlord" wrote:

I had to rebuild my backup computer, it's now using the hard drive
that who's DIR's had all been zeroed out, so being unable to get
anything off it, I formatted it and reinstalled w98 and now it's in my
back up computer. As I lost everything on it, I need to get a list of
astronomy software again to find the ones I had ( free ones ) and get
them again, one at a time, this modem doesn't go over 28.8bps.

Does your computer have a cd rom drive? If so, I have a cd with about
500 meg of share ware and free ware astro programs on it. I'd be happy
to drop a copy in the mail to you if you wanted it
Let me know
Roger

Ya, it does have a cd rom reader, I've got to see about adding my usb
burner into the system.


"Roger Hinson" wrote in message
...
"Starlord" wrote:

I had to rebuild my backup computer, it's now using the hard drive
that who's DIR's had all been zeroed out, so being unable to get
anything off it, I formatted it and reinstalled w98 and now it's in
my
back up computer. As I lost everything on it, I need to get a list
of
astronomy software again to find the ones I had ( free ones ) and
get
them again, one at a time, this modem doesn't go over 28.8bps.

Does your computer have a cd rom drive? If so, I have a cd with
about
500 meg of share ware and free ware astro programs on it. I'd be
happy
to drop a copy in the mail to you if you wanted it
Let me know
Roger

"Starlord" wrote:

Ya, it does have a cd rom reader, I've got to see about adding my usb
burner into the system.


"Roger Hinson" wrote in message
.. .
"Starlord" wrote:
If you want it, send me an address and I'll drop it off in the mail to
you

Dennis Bishop
470 20th ST West spc.#23
Rosamond, CA. 93560

The Slayer of Street Lights! ;}


"Roger Hinson" wrote in message
...
"Starlord" wrote:

Ya, it does have a cd rom reader, I've got to see about adding my
usb
burner into the system.


"Roger Hinson" wrote in message
.. .
"Starlord" wrote:
If you want it, send me an address and I'll drop it off in the mail
to
you