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[Leon Goldstein]

Ken Moffat wrote:

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> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Leon Goldstein 
> <metapsych at earthlink.net <mailto:metapsych at earthlink.net>> wrote:
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>     Ken Moffat wrote:
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>         Maybe an update of which Linux Distributions we are using
>         would be in order. Seems it's been a while.
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>     Still with Libranet 3.0 Debian.
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>     I'm installing SuSE 11.2 64-bit on a dual-proc system I built.
>      I'm not an advocate for Novell, but SuSE is still the only
>     current Linux distro with which I can run my beloved Word Perfect
>     8.1 without any problem (after installing and configuring
>     shlibs5.)  The new box will be multi-boot, with Libranet and
>     whatever other distro(s) I feel like playing with.
>
>     I use Gnome one one system and KDE on another.
>     BTW I had Caldera Open Linux 2.4 running on an ancient computer I
>     was using as a word processing station until earlier this year
>     when the old motherboard expired.
>
>     -- 
>     Leon A. Goldstein
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>
> Wow, that's a blast from the past. Have you been able to update to new 
> versions of your applications?
>
I don't update if what I have runs.  I'm still on dial-up.

With Libranet 3.0 I upgraded the kernel a couple of times.  With some 
apps, e.g. Compupic, I had to copy some old support libs from an earlier 
Libranet and run it with a set environment script.  For my work systems 
I only need stability, but with my "lab rat' system I play around and 
occasionally break things.  :-)

-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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