OH NO .... I have to use Vista at work

[Ouattara Oumar Aziz]

Michael Fakaro a ?crit :
> I have been using linux on my desktop and Laptop for years, now using
> Suse 10.2.
> 
> That is until we got new HP 17" Laptops for work ... nice enough but
> they all run Vista ... ouch
> 
> We are not aloud to touch them until the warranties expire in a year
> 
> SO .........
> 
> I need some advice
> 
> 1) How can I get my evolution mail to the laptop??
> 
> I have thought about buying a SmartDisk Firelite 80GB USB 2.0 External
> Hard Drive and copying all my files onto that then onto the laptop.
> 
> Anybody try a Smartdisk with Linux before??
> 
> 
> 2) If I get it there what email program can I use to access it! Does
> anyone know if Evo for windows (currently 2.6.2-5) can read my evo Evo
> 2.8.2 files
> 
> I have not had a ton of time (just got them yesterday) to Google around,
> am doing that now and nothing so far. We start with the new Vista
> machines on Monday .. so time is kinda tight.
> 
> My dream solution would be somehow copying and using my evo files so
> that I can copy them back in a year and pick up with Suse where I left
> off .. one can dream I suppose.
> 
> Your thoughts are more than welcome.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mike
> 
> PS: On a side note, I started using Linux because of all the problems I
> had with Windows though I missed all the programs that Windows had and
> it's features.
> 
> Now after a crash course in Vista ... many of Windows old problems maybe
> a thing of the past (Freezing, blue screen of death etc....) Vista to me
> lags behind Linux in not only security but look and feel and even the
> features. I certainly have no apps I miss anymore from Windows and when
> I sit back and think about it, I really owe KUDOS to all those Linux
> Guys ...... they have put together a superior product in every way. I've
> been away from Windows for so long I never noticed how far ahead we are.
> 
> So once again thanks to all you Linux programmers out there ... keep up
> the stellar work.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


he he , You, yourself started to find a solution to your problems :) .
Install Linux over An external disk (USB disk/key ...) , set up the bios
to boot on it and there you go, without touching the laptop disk :)  .