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I've always wanted a linux machine at home to play with, but the realities of life have meant up to now that we've had to have a more mainstream machine, as we need to share it.
Well we've broken free of our Microsoft addiction with a sexy new aluminium imac, having finally convinced Judi that the operating system is irrelevant and iWork will do what we need to do domestically. [.doc != Word != XP].
Well we had a couple of old pc's, one I'd bought in, wait for it, 1998, and one I'd bought for $20 from a previous employer. (It would have cost them at least that to send it to auction or dispose of environmentally).
Well I'd never even powered up the $20 special, despite it sitting in the garage for two years, but mid last week I did, and after sitting in the garage for two years it powered up perfectly, and then hung trying to connect to non existent novell network.
Powered it down, restarted with an ubuntu install cd, and an hour later, hey presto, a working linux machine.
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