Author: Antonio Redael
Date: 23:54:33 03/27/04
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On March 28, 2004 at 00:55:13, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote: >My Dual Athlon MP 2600+ (2.133 GHz) is running Kurumin Linux (a brazilian >modified version of Knoppix). It is a pleasure to use Linux when it comes to >stability and particularly, Internet browsing is much quicker, and much of the >trouble about e-mail viruses do not affect Linux users. I can use office >software, Mozilla, Opera, KMail, listen to music and see video/DVD as I did with >Windows, but there are at least by now _no_memory_issues and absolutely >_no_crashes_ at all! > >It took me 2 days to discover how to configure my new ADSL modem under Linux >correctly, but now it's running ok...(posted in a forum and phoned to the modem >manufacturer). > >I installed Jose database and playing program (engine= Crafty), nice look, but >did not play much with it to have a complete idea about this interface. > >Tried to install SCID but I'm having some trouble installing tk first (didn't >have trouble installing tcl), so I need some help on this topic... > >Is Arena available for Linux ? > >When will Tiger for Linux be available ? > >Can I run Chessbase/ChessAssistant products under Wine or is there another way >to do that ? > >There still remains a space inside my HD for Windows 98Se (I like Rebel DOS :-)) >and I keep another HD with Windows 2003, but I must say I'm impressed with Linux > development in the last years... 5 years ago it was a kind of a "geek" system >without good graphical interface... now it is very stable and user friendly. I >remember when going from DOS to Windows 3.11 that I had to learn many things, >and now it isn't different... > >A. Ponti Try to contact also people at the SCID Forum (new place http://forumscid.proboards27.com/) Anton
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