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Brand new Dell computer. It's wonderful. I blew up the operating system. Dell is sending an install disk (which doesn't come with the computer).
When I had Linux (SuSE 9.1) repartition the hard drive, Windows XP went nuts.
Normally, I wouldn't care at all for Windows XP. I'll almost always be fully in Linux. BUT -- and it's a big butt -- I do want the ability to use powerpoint and excel. Not that they are the best at what they do, but because I get handed powerpoint and excel files that don't translate well to OpenOffice.
Sigh. I am embarrassed. There seems to be ways to correctly partition the hard drive. Perhaps, though, I can fool Windows into thinking the drive is only 50 GB.
In other news, I think I'm going to get SuSE 9.3, since it is out. 9.1 didn't install very well and 9.2 does (according to the forums). 9.3 will probably even be better.
Love.
When I had Linux (SuSE 9.1) repartition the hard drive, Windows XP went nuts.
Normally, I wouldn't care at all for Windows XP. I'll almost always be fully in Linux. BUT -- and it's a big butt -- I do want the ability to use powerpoint and excel. Not that they are the best at what they do, but because I get handed powerpoint and excel files that don't translate well to OpenOffice.
Sigh. I am embarrassed. There seems to be ways to correctly partition the hard drive. Perhaps, though, I can fool Windows into thinking the drive is only 50 GB.
In other news, I think I'm going to get SuSE 9.3, since it is out. 9.1 didn't install very well and 9.2 does (according to the forums). 9.3 will probably even be better.
Love.
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I never thought of you as having a big butt.
(Yes, I know that it was unworthy of me, but sometimes I simply cannot resist.)