Fw: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes

[Gordon Buzowetsky]

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From: Gordon Buzowetsky <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes


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> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 10:31:21 at 10:31:21AM -0600, Gordon Buzowetsky
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'll make this my business to find out....not sure about either...but
> then
> > > OTOH if they have the power to be running either of the above....why
> RULE???
> >
> > Because (IMHO) it's cool (much more than some screenshots around with
> > everything *and* the kitchen sink open at the same time) to show that
> >  you can do everything and still
> > have 99% of your RAM and disk free for meaningful stuff
> >
> > Also, RULE, leaving all the cruft out, eases system maintenance because
> > many bugs/alerts just don't touch you, and gives easier customization
> > because you don't have all the "friendly" config interfaces trying to
> > undo wht you think is right
> >
> > Any other reasons? please add them, so we add all to the FAQ!
> >
> > >
> > > Project troublemaker....;-))
> >
> > Yes, but (I hope) a costructive one. OTOH, as that guy said, "I gotta
> > be me..."
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Marco Fioretti
> > RULE project leader
>
> Hi all....
>
> I just had to throw that in Marco.....thinking being welllllllll you have
a
> title....so should I.....;-))
>
> Anyway to the business at hand....
> I haunt a couple other forums and did some looking through
> archives...apparently you can use the boot loaders from NT and XP to boot
> linux....
>
> Then a little more digging turned this up....
>
> http://linuxgazette.org/issue61/padala.html
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> Unfortunately I don't have an MS install that current to be able to play
> with...but I guess the gist of it was that----yes we can get them to play
> nice together....
>
> Also XP is very similar to 2K and NT....so for this issue there probably
is
> some hope...
>
> Later...G
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