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["Clement Lefebvre" <clement.lefebvre@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I keep Windows on a box for the following reasons: 

- Testing: To make sure Mint doesn't erase the Windows boot entry while
installing Grub
- Game: To play Civilization IV and Europa Universalis Rome now and then
(but I've got a Wii and Urban Terror under Linux, so I rarely play them
in the end)
- Silly stuff: When my daughter or wife insists on running some crappy
stuff (House 3D, or Dora game.. usually gotten for free from the
newspaper) and it doesn't play fine in Wine. 

I can't remember the last time I booted Windows, it was definitely more
than two months ago. 

I also used to boot it to use hardware that is not recognized under
Linux, namely an ASUS pocketPC and a Lexmark printer. But in the end I
got rid of the pocketPC and I replaced the printer with an HP one. 

I know from experience that dual-booting is an essential part of the
migration towards Linux, but for people who use Linux as their main OS,
Windows can also be completely out of the picture. 

Clem.

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lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of Charles Olsen
Sent: 05 December 2008 06:36
To: jungar193@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linuxmint-podcast-project@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Linuxmint-podcast-project] jungar193@xxxxxxxxxxx sent you
a link to content of interest

This is pretty cool. I will mention it in the show. Thanks for sending
the link.

I kinda like the phrase, "life without Microsoft." A lot of people think
that is impossible. To be honest, I haven't completely gotten rid of MS
myself yet.

But things like this allow us to take another step in that direction.

Thanks!

Charles


jungar193@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> jungar193@xxxxxxxxxxx sent you a link to the following content:
> 
> OpenXML Document Viewer Opens Office 2007 Files in Firefox [Featured 
> Firefox Extension] 
> http://lifehacker.com/5101801/openxml-document-viewer-opens-office-200
> 7-files-in-firefox
> 
> The sender also included this note:
> 
> hi guys, what do you think of this? would it be useful to talk about
it in the next mintcast?
> 
> how to install it, and just shows to newbies that life without MS  is
POSSIBLE.
> 
> 
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