[penguicon-general] Anyone want to help bring me back to the Linux fold?

[Tracy Worcester]

On 2/15/07, Wolfger <wolfger at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2/15/07, Tracy Worcester <tracy.worcester at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Anyone out there want to help PenguiCon's co-founder return to the
> > fold?  I need to nuke win2K, and install Linux and OpenOffice.
>
>
> Where do you live? I'd be happy to help if it's not too far, or if I can
> do so remotely.
>


East Lansing, Michigan, with a lot of time also spent in Ypsilanti.

>  *  I've got websites I need to run that require Explo(d)er, and chokes on
> > Firefox.  Can I run Exploder or a seamless Exploder emulator for those
> > websites that require it?
>
>
> I've heard that it runs under Wine, but... Have you tried Opera? It will
> gladly tell the website in question that it is Explorer if you tell it to do
> so. I think there's a Firefox plugin as well.
>
>
Do you know about the Opera factor from personal experience, or direct
observation?




> *  I've got an external CD/DVD drive which uses software called Nero.  I'd
> like to still be able to use it.  Can provide specs if need be.


> No clue if Nero works under Wine, but I strongly recommend K3B. It is, in
my opinion, better than Nero. (having recently switched from >  Linux and
K3B to WinXP and Nero, I really miss K3B)

My primary concern is supporting the actual hardware, and since I don't have
the device or the docs with me, I can't give useful info.  My bad

>  How many distros do you want? ;-)

Doubt I'll need more than one.  Which one is most out of the box, non-IT
user friendly these days?

...Tracy
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