For anyone new to Linux or unsure about starting to use Linux, there is an interesting article on why you should try Linux in this week's Micro Mart magazine (Issue 810 - cost only £1.80p).

There is a six page special outlining all the pros and cons about using Linux. It lists several of the various "distros" available and recommending the ones they have tested as being the best for "newbies" to try.

If you don't want to interfere with your current OS then buy one of the many distros on a bootable CD-Rom which can run independently of your OS and it leaves all files and configurations intact. To do this you must be able to boot from CD-Rom and most of todays PC's should be able to do this.

The article goes on to describe and explain the wide range of software that is available and most of it FREE.

The article covers most areas of computing from email through to networking. It covers in a reasonable amout of detail all the wealth of software available to most if not all of the Window$ versions. For example there are freebie alternatives available for MS Office, Photoshop, Corel Draw, AutoCAD and Studio 9 etc.etc.

For anyone interested then DistroWatch can provide you with any number of options to consider. They appear to be a leading Linux distributor.

I hope that this gets you interested in at least looking at the "better" options to using your PC. No more "Blue Screen of Death".

Good Luck - Long Live Linux.

HH
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Hi There

I am new in the south of Spain and would like to know if there are any other south africans in this area.

Heard around 14250...special event stations using prefix SY2004*** for the Olympics SY2004GYG was a useful 5/9 on the vertical but unable to break the pile up.....plenty of PY's up working him too.

Hi guys,

Have any of you seen this programme? I think it is on Tuesdays, just before Wife Swap.

It is shocking how unhealthy some people are living, and amazing how Dr Gillian turns the people's lives around.
I have promptly ordered her book on Amazon and can't wait for it to arrive...

I would like to say "Thank you, God" for allowing me to continue with this website.

Thank you

TheDuck

Het nou net met iemand gepraat wat so 'n stukkie huis toe verlang......

"Ai, Afrikaans is so 'n mooi taal" sê hy, soos bv. 'Sy maak vir hom ogies' Ons begin toe allerhande gesegdes opnoem...

Kat in die sak koop
Aap uit die mou laat
Kuier dat die biesies bewe
Hond uit 'n bos uit....

:daisy:

In April, Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70th birthday. Maya really is a marvel who has led quite an interesting and exciting life.

Oprah asked her what she thought of growing older. And, there on television, she said it was "exciting."

Regarding body changes, she said there were many, occurring every day...like her breasts. They seem to be in a race to see which will reach her waist, first.
The audience laughed so hard they cried. She is such a simple and honest woman, with so much wisdom in her words.
"I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life goes go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.

I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life."

I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."




May we all be able to learn something everyday :thumbs:

Just in on one of the travel newswires

TurkeyÂ’s airports have been placed on the second highest level of alert following fears of a September 11-style terrorist attack, it is claimed.

The report comes from a Turkish newspaper, Milliyet, which did not say what the potential target could be.

It said officials held an emergency meeting last week and raised security to 'yellow', the second highest level of alert.

Sky News said the newspaper had been told by an "important source" that al Qaeda was planning either to blow up a plane or to hijack one and crash it. The TV news station added that the Turkish government had made no comment about the revelation.

Nearly 70 alleged members of a Turkish al Qaeda cell have been arrested in Turkey following the wave of bomb attacks in Istanbul last year. The British consulate, a London-based bank, and two Turkish synagogues were attacked, with the loss of 60 lives.

If I get any further information I'll post it as ASAP

I am sat at work right now tickled pink that I can control my linux box at home using my P800 phone. Am I sad or do I just need to get out more?

Nog 'n storie uit Koos Human se boek.....

"Die supermarktrollie is, naas die motor, die mees algemeen gebruikte voertuig met vier wiele ter wêreld. Dit is in 1937 ontwerp deur ene Sylvan Goldmann, bestuurder van 'n supermark in Oklahoma City, in die V.S.A. Dis nie net in Suid-Afrika dat daklose mense die trollie gebruik om hul besittings in te vervoer nie. Hierdie verskynsel word wêreldwyd aangetref.

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