Lately, it's Ubuntu Linux that I recommend for newbies. The advantages are the following: - Free CD. Not just a download, they will actually...
I was born in Belarus, so I'm almost Russian.
You have to get used to tabs. Once you use them for a week or so, you'll never be able to live without them.
A PC running Linux is still a PC. Windows != PC. I use Linux on most of my computers.
http://iyy.no-ip.info/ But there isn't much there.
A 286. Got it in '91 and had it for 6 years or so.
I love old computers.
I'd vote for Daemon Tools as well. If you just want to watch it, another option is VLC media player.
umbra: “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime." Yes, you can solve many...
The kids need laptops to learn. For example, they can have all the textbooks they'll ever need in e-book form, for free. A CD version of Wikipedia...
This isn't exactly news - the folks at Slashdot have been talking about it for months - but I don't think this has been discussed on this forum...
Bill Gates never invented anything, and neither did Microsoft. He is not, never was, and never claimed to be a programmer. But he is a genious in...
The best policy is to assume that people are wonderful and interesting unless you know otherwise. Kinda like innocent until proven guilty.
I lived in Israel for a long time and still visit it sometimes, but I can't really think of any advice to give. What I value most there are the...
Actually, if all you do is get on teh interweb and look at porn, Linux would be easier to use than Windows. I mean, Windows might be nice for the...
If you use a distribution like Ubuntu (as opposed to, say Gentoo), if your hardware is nicely supported and there are no nasty surprises (try a...
Got no green, but I can bring my guitar.
I consider my Linux computer with Open Office to be far more reliable than my XP machine, and I never lost any data on it. I have, however, lost...
[IMG] Actually, I'd suggest the library. Any decent Yoga book should have a good few sections about meditation. And then, there's always our...
15 minutes of walking from Toronto.
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