From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp1.commspeed.net ([216.19.2.40]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I1e7m-0002zN-00 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:04:10 -0400 Received: (qmail 43996 invoked by uid 1034); 22 Jun 2007 08:03:36 -0000 Received: from mmds-216-19-30-69.mm.az.commspeed.net (HELO YOUR3ADE1B78A3) (216.19.30.69) by smtp1.commspeed.net with SMTP; 22 Jun 2007 08:03:36 -0000 Message-ID: <000d01c7b4a3$d1e58f60$6501a8c0@YOUR3ADE1B78A3> From: "Keith Hinton" To: Subject: A computer issue, how should I deal with this? Best solution? Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:03:25 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:04:14 -0000 Hi all, My father is a person who expects Windows XP to be on my machine every = day. The deal is. I bought a new gateway in April origenally intended to be the = replacement Windows machine. But I have been considering running Linux = natively entirely alone on it, and whiping Windows, and perhaps = virtually running it instaead. Problem is, My dad, who cannot understand much less begin to learn = Linux, cannot stand anything then Windows. I considered turning my pentium into a Windows box again, but relaly = cannot aford to lose Linux on that box either. A couple of months agoe, my dad logged in to my box, expecting a = desktop, start menu, etc. He saw a Linux log interminal, prompting for a password. So he shut the system down improperly. After that, I had to restore Windows from a clone. I have done this too many times! And now I am being told by my dad who = owns the electrical power (and who could kick my but and such) that I = cannot, run Linux, whatsoever) and that he may unplug/ground me off the = computer. Any suggestions? This is really an act of unfairness! But how can I explain to a sighted man who has a tempor and who cannot = stand Linux or anything different? Thanks! Regards, --Keith Skype- add skypedude1234 In fact, I only use WIndblows because of Skype. That's it.