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On 11/8/09 11:21 AM, BAR wrote:
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On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:26:47 -0500, wrote:

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On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:33:24 -0600,
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I think I actually might have preferred Pan previous to the 2006 rewrite,
but not enough to pin it. I'm running Debian unstable, and this is the
version that comes with it. It does what I need.

If I ever get around to building a couple of new computers, I might
give Linux a try and reload all the graphics and video software over
again.

The problem now is overwriting Windows on all the computers - don't
think I really want to do that - in particular in the middle of
several projects I've got going. But I am getting tired of the little
Windows glitches that keep cropping up even with XP Pro.

Plus I'm toying with the idea of getting a Mac for the graphics and
video stuff I've been doing - that's a maybe, but I'm being pushed in
that direction by some of my collegues and friends.

We'll see. :)

Buy a small, 2 to 4 TB, external storage device.
Buy a "big PC" 4 or 8 processor, dual quad core, with 32 GB RAM.
Buy VMWare.
Run both Windows and Linux, Red Hat ES 5, at the same time.

If you have the cache, pun intended, and what to go large let me know
and I'll give you the specs on a real farm.

If I ever decide to take the Linux plunge I would just do it with a
hardware dual boot machine. I already have a few, switching from DOS
to Windoze. You only have to put a switch on the master/slave jumpers
on the drives. Flip it one way it boots DOS, the other way it boots
Windoze. I have 2 new machines that will let you do the same thing
right in the BIOS.
XP will let you set D: "active" so you don't need to switch jumpers.

Why don't you use LILO, Linux Loader, to dual boot if that is all you
want. LILO comes with most all Linux distributions. No switch on the
master/slave jumpers just hit the space bar when booting. LILO has been
around for near 20 years. If you want to run, actually run, multiple
OSes at the same time get VMWare and you can switch between the OSes
with a couple of keystrokes.

Why take the LINUX plunge at all, unless you absolutely need something
LINUX or an app that runs under it offers?

Hell, you can *buy* a fully supported OS for $30, one that boots up
without question on the hardware for which it was designed, and is
maintained by professionals, *and* offers in-person and over the phone
support by people who speak...English?