Comments on: Windows 98, ME and XP sp1- End of Support http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/07/11/win98-winme-winxp-sp1-end-of-support/ A Technology Crow in search of Bright Shiny Objects Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:03:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Another Windows vs. Linux Decision » Solo Technology http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/07/11/win98-winme-winxp-sp1-end-of-support/#comment-1307 Another Windows vs. Linux Decision » Solo Technology Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:38:06 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/07/11/win98-winme-winxp-sp1-end-of-support/#comment-1307 [...] Had to do some serious thinking this weekend. My in-laws are here for a few days (we’re a way-station between their summer and winter homes). Part of their stop here involves the twice-a-year checkup I do on their laptop. The laptop has been running Windows 98 for years. And, as of this year, Windows 98 is no longer supported by Microsoft. [...] [...] Had to do some serious thinking this weekend. My in-laws are here for a few days (we’re a way-station between their summer and winter homes). Part of their stop here involves the twice-a-year checkup I do on their laptop. The laptop has been running Windows 98 for years. And, as of this year, Windows 98 is no longer supported by Microsoft. [...]

]]> By: Rich G. http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/07/11/win98-winme-winxp-sp1-end-of-support/#comment-822 Rich G. Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:30:23 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/07/11/win98-winme-winxp-sp1-end-of-support/#comment-822 If Vox hear's you say this, or ask this... he'll probably fill your mailbox with HOWTO links and pointers and more fanboi mail than I ever generated over kewlgle.com lol And yes, I agree with Marc, with the right distro and installations of openoffice and firefox with plugins (What I do to make sure my firefox is up to snuff is I go to neopets.com and play some games if that site works it'll pretty much do anything) you'll be able to hook him up with linux relatively painlessly. If Vox hear’s you say this, or ask this… he’ll probably fill your mailbox with HOWTO links and pointers and more fanboi mail than I ever generated over kewlgle.com lol

And yes, I agree with Marc, with the right distro and installations of openoffice and firefox with plugins (What I do to make sure my firefox is up to snuff is I go to neopets.com and play some games if that site works it’ll pretty much do anything) you’ll be able to hook him up with linux relatively painlessly.

]]> By: Marc http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/07/11/win98-winme-winxp-sp1-end-of-support/#comment-821 Marc Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:46:38 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/07/11/win98-winme-winxp-sp1-end-of-support/#comment-821 The latest versions of Ubuntu, SuSE, etc. are very user-friendly. And many distros including Ubuntu have live CDs so you can try it out before committing to install. The latest versions of Ubuntu, SuSE, etc. are very user-friendly. And many distros including Ubuntu have live CDs so you can try it out before committing to install.

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