Programs

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

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

The Slayer of Street Lights! ;}


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

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:

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

The Slayer of Street Lights! ;}

I'll drop it off in the mail after work tomarrow. I had another disk
somewhere, If I find it, I'll send a copy of it also

Roger