[aclug-L] Re: July Meeting?

["Jonathan Hall" <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I use many Free Software applications in Windows 2000 regularly.  Mozilla,
OpenOffice, GAIM, GIMP, Xchat, and putty mostly.  I also have Cygwin
installed, which comes with many CLI and X-based programs, as well as an X
server that allows me to display applications running on a true Linux box
elsewhere--useful if you have a Linux "server" but still require Windows for
something (games?), and want to run Linux-based graphical programs, too.  In
fact, that's why I installed the Cygwin X server... so I can run GNUcash on
my P233 router/server and display it on my workstation without having to
reboot into Linux every time I want to make a 30-second entry into my
checkbook :)

-- Jonathan



----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Lancaster" <lancaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 4:29 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: July Meeting?


> On Friday 09 July 2004 03:48 pm, John Goerzen wrote:
> > Or even to get some Free Software onto Windows machines (Mozilla,
> > OpenOffice, etc.)
>
> This sounds like a good idea in general and the first step in a migration
> path off Windows.
>
> I wonder if anyone knows which games service pack 2 will break?
> Some info is here:
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnwxp/ht
ml/xpsp2web.asp
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22103525
> If someone came to the meeting with illustrations of applications which
will
> no longer work under XP SP2, I would find this very interesting.
>
> At WSU, many students play computer games.  If SP2 is going to break
> HALO or First Strike or NeverWinterNights or Doom3 (some game names
> may be wrong), might we encourage them to look at and try Linux?
> (The "cost of migration" cannot be an issue if MS breaks applications
> they (students) like/use.)
>
> Kirk
>
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