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> Hey, don't insult Linux because someone implemented lousy programs on it. I've seen really bad Linux distributions used intentionally, as what I'm firmly convinced is a sort of "bait-and-switch" tactic to sell "boxed product" WinDoze XP. It seems that, at least as of about a year ago, Fry's was selling a dirt-cheap Windoze-free box with a really awful Asian-made (either Hong Kong or Singapore, I think) distro called "Thiz Linux." About the only good thing about it was that it apparently came with a driver for the WinModem the box came with. It also came with instructions on how to do a Windoze XP scratch-install. Instead, I did a Red Hat 8 (Dummies book edition)/IBM PC-DOS 2000 dual-boot scratch-install, and put in a real modem. The box ended up just cranky enough to be endearing, and it's completely free of all post-1990 Microsloth products. -- JHHL
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