nope, and I think I'll stuck to my netbootable clients and install and buy two machines.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/16/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Derek Meek</b> <<a href="mailto:thekazan@gmail.com">thekazan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Have you tried getting it to work under Wine :P<br><br>AJ Hettema wrote:<br><br>> hi all,<br>><br>> I agree with the fact that the kids are probably better of with Linux
<br>> as with Winblows XP. But there is a small problem:<br>> they need to use software from/fore school wich only runs on Windows XP.<br>> I think I'll end up on installing 2 machine's anyway. for making it easy.
<br>><br>> And for the record, the youngest one (almost 5 years old) can't read,<br>> but knows how to login on a command line already :D,<br>> and I will give them the local root password, cause you will only
<br>> learn how computers work if you can screw them and install it all over<br>> again.<br>><br>> greatings<br>><br>><br>> On 9/16/05, *Dewey Smolka* <<a href="mailto:dsmolka@gmail.com">dsmolka@gmail.com
</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:dsmolka@gmail.com">dsmolka@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> ><br>> > A few suggestions...<br>> ><br>> > 1. Knoppmyth. Just document what ip addresses and other settings
<br>> > need to be changed. Inconvenient, but easily the least expensive.<br>><br>> I'll second this, but with one caveat: you have to make sure that your<br>> Knoppmyth disc is the same Myth version as your BE or else you'll get
<br>> db connection errors.<br>><br>> <snip><br>> > 3. Ditch Windows. My kids use KDE on one of the myth frontends.<br>> > It was a little difficult for the first few weeks, but they have
<br>> > adjusted fine and are able to do anything any of thier friends<br>> can do. The<br>> > usb drive my 10 year old uses for school loads up fine from the<br>> > windows box at school to the linux box at home.
<br>> ><br>> > Paul<br>><br>> I'll second this as well. It may seem impossible at first but there's<br>> really nothing outside of games on MS Windows that a good Linux system<br>> can't do (except maybe trojans, viruses, and DRM), and an awful lot on
<br>> Linux that MS can't or won't do (generating pdfs, managing separate<br>> network interfaces and subnets, customizing, tweaking, scripting,<br>> logging, going months without a reboot, etc).<br>>
<br>> When I first built a Myth box about as year and a half ago, I was also<br>> looking for a way to make it work with my MS XP laptop. It didn't, at<br>> least not well, and was generally a pain.<br>
><br>> I ended up installing FC3 and making it dual-boot, which solved all<br>> the Myth problems. It also means that I've been using MS a lot less as<br>> time has gone on, and don't really miss it at all (though I must
<br>> admit<br>> I do still boot to MS from time to time to play Railroad Tycoon).<br>><br>> I guess the answer is that you can probably get some of the<br>> funtionality of Myth on MS Windows, but it's easier in the short-run
<br>> to set up a dual boot or Linux-only system as a frontend, and better<br>> in the long-run for all of us -- as the Linux user base increases, so<br>> do the number and quality of apps, the level of hardware support from
<br>> vendors, and the speed with which improvements are made and<br>> incorporated.<br>><br>> Also, it's a common misconception that computers in general and Linux<br>> in particular are difficult for kids. This couldn't be further from
<br>> the truth -- just remember when you were young and were the only one<br>> in your house that could figure out how to program the VCR.<br>><br>> Give a kid MS Windows, and he'll (or she'll) learn how to point and
<br>> click. Give a kid Linux and he'll learn how computers work. Don't give<br>> them the root password and there's only so much they can screw up.<br>> Can't say that about XP.<br>><br>> Good luck
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