Genuine Advantage FAQ Contradiction

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rockwell said:
Agreed, Fedora Core 5 is excellent. Try a few and see which distro you
like the best. If I'm not mistaken Alias, you are on dial up. One
gotcha to look out for is that Linux cannot run a winmodem, so if that's
what you use to dial up with, you will need to replace it before you are
successful. Good luck!
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On cable but I do use my fax modem to receive and send faxes. Will that
be a problem?

Alias
 
..:Alias:. said:
On cable but I do use my fax modem to receive and send faxes. Will that
be a problem?

Alias
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Along as your fax modem isn't a soft modem or winmodem, then no not a
problem. I guess the best thing you can do is be aware beforehand and
test it. Good luck.
 
Did I stumble into a Linux NG? Bit off topic aren't we?

Looks like NoStop has finally conquered Windows and has taken
over (the world) with his pet OS.

Doug W.

Leythos said:
What do you mean it offers a lot more? Most of these distros
pretty much
offer the same selection of open source apps and services.
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[snipped the rest, I agree with it]

It offers things that work or are easy to get working as
opposed to the
other versions that we tested/used. We did not install two of
the three
you mentioned, but Fedora still stands out as being the most
supported
on all of the different hardware systems we have in the shop.

I looked for something that could provide the same XP
Professional
services and low end server items that one might want if they
had a
reasonably secure OS to use from home.
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stand@attention said:
Did I stumble into a Linux NG? Bit off topic aren't we?

Looks like NoStop has finally conquered Windows and has taken
over (the world) with his pet OS.
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No, but some things related to other options could be considered on-
topic. Many of us run more than one OS as our primary OS's. I run FC4/5
and Windows XP and Server 2003 on this laptop (depending on which hard
drive is installed) and also on many of our machines in the office.

I have all Windows servers in our office.
 
rockwell said:
Along as your fax modem isn't a soft modem or winmodem, then no not a
problem. I guess the best thing you can do is be aware beforehand and
test it. Good luck.
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It's an Aztech SoftK56 Data Fax PCI Modem.

Alias
 
Alias wrote:
|| Leythos wrote:
||| In article <[email protected]>,
||| (e-mail address removed) says...
|||| Leythos wrote:
||||| In article
||||| <[email protected]>,
||||| (e-mail address removed) says...
|||||| Leythos wrote:
||||||| In article <[email protected]>,
||||||| (e-mail address removed) says...
||||||||| Q: What happens when WGA Notifications communicates with
||||||||| Microsoft when a PC is booted up?
||||||||| A:
||||||||| The pilot version of this software periodically contacts
||||||||| Microsoft after validation. This feature has been removed
||||||||| from the final version of WGA Notifications. WGA validation
||||||||| process does communicate with Microsoft periodically.
|||||||| This may be used in the lawsuit that someone has started for
|||||||| the WGA and the "spyware" law.
||||||| Except it's from the vendor of the OS and it's not spyware.
||||||
|||||| The jury is still out on that. Come to think of it, they're
|||||| probably just being selected.
||||||
|||||| Also, there's a second class action lawsuit on the issue that WGA
|||||| invalidates those who do have valid licences. Which it does.
||||| I keep seeing it stated as a action against WGA, but if you read
||||| the details it's alway WGA Notifications.
|||||
||||| --
|||| Pardon? But I just checked the details.
||||
|||| Engineered Process Controls LLC VS Microsoft
|||| http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/WGA2complaint.pdf
||||
||||
|||| Brian Johnson VS Microsoft
|||| http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/20060629/msftwgasuit.pdf
||||
|||| This suit is also going aginst the WHOLE WGA program.
||||
||
|| You're telling me that when you go to Windows Update and have to run
|| WGA to get the updates, it sends no information to MS? Pulease,
|| Lythos, pull the other one; it has bells on it.
||
|| I can hardly wait for my Ubuntu CD to come in the mail.
||
|| Alias

Check out the Xandros distribution. It will set up flawlessly on a
modern
boxen.
 
Frank said:
Alias wrote:
|| Leythos wrote:
||| In article <[email protected]>,
||| (e-mail address removed) says...
|||| Leythos wrote:
||||| In article
||||| <[email protected]>,
||||| (e-mail address removed) says...
|||||| Leythos wrote:
||||||| In article <[email protected]>,
||||||| (e-mail address removed) says...
||||||||| Q: What happens when WGA Notifications communicates with
||||||||| Microsoft when a PC is booted up?
||||||||| A:
||||||||| The pilot version of this software periodically contacts
||||||||| Microsoft after validation. This feature has been removed
||||||||| from the final version of WGA Notifications. WGA validation
||||||||| process does communicate with Microsoft periodically.
|||||||| This may be used in the lawsuit that someone has started for
|||||||| the WGA and the "spyware" law.
||||||| Except it's from the vendor of the OS and it's not spyware.
||||||
|||||| The jury is still out on that. Come to think of it, they're
|||||| probably just being selected.
||||||
|||||| Also, there's a second class action lawsuit on the issue that WGA
|||||| invalidates those who do have valid licences. Which it does.
||||| I keep seeing it stated as a action against WGA, but if you read
||||| the details it's alway WGA Notifications.
|||||
||||| --
|||| Pardon? But I just checked the details.
||||
|||| Engineered Process Controls LLC VS Microsoft
|||| http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/WGA2complaint.pdf
||||
||||
|||| Brian Johnson VS Microsoft
|||| http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/20060629/msftwgasuit.pdf
||||
|||| This suit is also going aginst the WHOLE WGA program.
||||
||
|| You're telling me that when you go to Windows Update and have to run
|| WGA to get the updates, it sends no information to MS? Pulease,
|| Lythos, pull the other one; it has bells on it.
||
|| I can hardly wait for my Ubuntu CD to come in the mail.
||
|| Alias

Check out the Xandros distribution. It will set up flawlessly on a
modern
boxen.
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I will.

Alias
 
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