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  • From: "Ron Clarke" <ariadne AT ausreg.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] 2001 Gateway 300S PRB PC
  • Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:35:10 +1000

Hi Folks,

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:44:23 +0000, Lee Forrest wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:10:15AM +1300, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
>> Lee Forrest wrote:
>> >
>> > The computers Sindi has are all, literally, pieces of junk.

>> So are mine. In fact BasicLinux was designed specifically
>> for those pieces of junk.

>> > Gateway makes good stuff. So good that they don't even have
>> > to advertise.

>> People with Gateways and other fancy computers are welcome
>> here but they have to realize that BasicLinux was not designed
>> for their hardware. The target hardware is 486s and early
>> Pentiums. People with more recent hardware may find that some
>> of it does not work with BasicLinux.

>> > Any rational person would choose this computer over every
>> > single computer Sindi owns. All of them together.

>> I suppose that makes me irrational then.

> Well...._I'm_ here, aren't I? I don't think a rational person
> would choose BasicLinux when they could be running the latest
> Slackware without a problem.

> That wasn't the right word to use. How about 'sane'?

> :-)

I choose BasicLinux, and I am also running SW10.2, Knoppix 4, Suse
10.1, and others. Some on different machines, of course.

I guess I had better check in with the mental health folks. :)

Because I am also running MS-DOS 6.20.

Hee hee !

Regards in dementia,
Ron


Ron Clarke
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