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On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 11:47 +0000, Grant Sewell wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:18:27 +0000 > george wrote: > > > The latest version of Mepis for 64 bit is definitely a lot more > > polished and IMO better than the 32 bit. And the install of VBox is > > definitely easier on the 64. > > > > Also I now know that the PCLinuxOS is based on Mandriva and that the > > Control Center that I like is from there. In fact, reading a review > > of Mandriva it looks quite interesting. I have a spare partion here > > somewhere......... > > > > George > > Careful... you'll end up doing what I did! > > 1 PC, 3 harddrives + 1 DVD drive, 8 OSs: > > 1 x Mandrake Linux 9.1 > 1 x Mandrake Linux 10 > 1 x Slackware (I forget the version) > 1 x Debian Progeny > 1 x FreeBSD > 1 x QNX > 1 x OpenBSD > 1 x Win2000 > > It was due to be 9 OSs as I was installing Darwin (which is the basis > for Mac OSX) onto a 'spare' partition... alas I misread Darwin's way of > describing partitions and managed to obliterate Win2000. Beauty is > that I didn't even realise this was the case for about 3 or 4 months, > and when I did find I had no Win2000 anymore (the boot option started > loading Darwin instead) I figured that I didn't need it if I hadn't > even noticed it missing in that time. > > I've never looked back since. > > It's only in the past year that I've had Windows on any of *my* > machines again. On my laptop in case I have to do some external > consultancy training on MS Office for the College, and on my desktop > for use as a games console. > > (Oh, in case you're wondering - my 'workhorse' was Mandrake 9.1, the > others were for playing with, breaking and seeing if I could fix them > so I could learn about them.) > > Grant. :) > I know what you mean. Apart from Windows, I have Vector Linux and GOS installed virtually. However, I never seem to get around to doing the intended testing and evaluation of them. Viv -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html