OpenOffice 2.0 series-- Has anyone been using the betas? I've been on 1.0.2
cos I don't want to download 115Mb on a 56k connection, so I'm wondering if
the geological-time loads have been improved any?
A pathological inability to delete large files which slowly swallowed my
Linux and BSD partitions has left me in Windows-land for a while. I finally got a
DVD burner, so I now have the space to do a new install. Can I break an NTFS
partition down gracefully with gratis tools? I just want to chop 20 or 40Gb
off the end.
What's good choices in a 64-bit distro (x86-64)? Do any BSDs do a decent job?
Cost-free Solaris? (I like *ix, however I fear the GPL will eat my soul) I
formerly did Mandrake and Slackware like a few years ago, never really felt
confident with Mandrake. I don't trust pretty and easy. The distro has to not
rely heavily, or indeed at all, on decent networking. I can't spend six
weeks apt-get dist-upgrading just to get out of 2.0 kernel land, Debian fans. :D
Is USB handling any better in 2.6? I recall how my seemingly standard old
digicam which emulated a disc drive in Windows could never be recognized in
linux.
I'm probably going to get OO on a disc from one of those "99 cent linux CD"
houses, cos I'll also need the windows version for the dual-boot and for a
friend's machine, so I figured I'd perhaps select a distribution at the same time
and pay only one postage.
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