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Article #252Re: AOL, Thank You
From: Phil Hunt
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 00:00
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In article <3668A679.CF6E08D7@mad-seumas.net>
spamthis@mad-seumas.net "Jim Raney" writes:
> <SNIP>
> > compared to M$. Today I mostly use Linux, with Win95 used primarily for
> > games and internet access (because my computer came with one of those
> > accursed "WinModems" that Linux can't use and I won't have the money to get
> > a "real" modem in the foreseeable future). But back to the original
>
> > Larry
> Hands up, all you buggers, I've always wondered how many other people
> who use Linux keep a Win partition around for that accursed addiction
> known as "Games."
That's pretty much all I use Windows for.
> Thats one point with Linux I would love too see
> rectified; the distinct lack of games or a decent hardware interface to
> program them with.
Then you should consider helping to develop Open Source games for
Linux. (That's what I'm doing).
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,a1676c29e9392b29 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,a1676c29e9392b29 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,a1676c29e9392b29 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,a1676c29e9392b29 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,a1676c29e9392b29 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: 1138ec,a1676c29e9392b29 X-Google-Attributes: gid1138ec,public From: philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt) Subject: Re: AOL, Thank You Date: 1998/12/05 Message-ID: <912864586snz@vision25.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 419087087 References: <3668A679.CF6E08D7@mad-seumas.net> X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!vision25.demon.co.uk X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 912905389 mail2news:21914 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk Organization: here Reply-To: philh@vision25.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.x,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc