[NBLUG/talk] New machine/fresh install and Windows refund

[E Frank Ball]

On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 06:27:59PM -0700, Robert Hayes wrote:
} 1) I'm going to make this machine a pure linux box. All 30GB of it. 
} I've been running RedHat 7.2 for probably a year now. I'm comfortable with 
} it, and have it pretty well configured for my 12 hours a day of use. But I 
} really would like to make the switch to Debian. Any advice? What's the best 
} way to do it? I have DSL. 

Follow the directions from the Debian site to create an ISO for CD #1,
burn it and use it to start the install.  Load the rest from the
network.


} 	THEN, is it reasonable to expect to be able to simply move my /home 
} directory onto the new box?

Yes.  It may need a couple edits to your .profile or .cshrc, but for
them most part everything will be fine.  I just did the same thing when
I switched my laptop from Mandrake to Debian.  There were a few scripts
I'd written that needed editing, but for the most part all my files are
OK.


 
} 2) I really truly did buy a Dell. It was cheap. Cheaper than that. Then I 
} negotiated. I'll make no apologies, I only have to plug it in -- my knuckles 
} will not bleed. HOWEVER, the one thing they were absolutely unrelenting on 
} was that I had to take the machine with Windows XP installed. They said they 
} could not sell the machine bare, or with linux. They said I should contact 
} Microsoft directly about my refund. I know, I know. Stop snickering.

Did it come with a Windows CD?  Sell it.  I neither know nor care if
that's legal.

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   E Frank Ball                frankb at efball.com