Possibly OT: networking under VirtualBox

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 13:40 +0800, Christopher Chan wrote:
> On Monday, November 01, 2010 01:26 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Sun, 2010-10-31 at 18:34 +0800, Christopher Chan wrote:
> >> On Sunday, October 31, 2010 02:03 AM, Ric Moore wrote:
> >>> Thanks! I just sent that link to a friend who's Windoze laptop has 36
> >>> gigs used out of 40 available and he's started to sweat about it.
> >>> Someone mentioned, awhile back, about some website that deals with the
> >>> registry cruft... do you know of a reliable one? Ric
> >>>
> >>
> >> He won't be running an ancient Windows ME laptop would he?
> >
> > No, I think it was XP on an older HP laptop. Ric
> >
> >
> 
> Hmm...well, you might want to check whether it is due to restore points 
> or if it is just simply that he has accumulated that much files and 
> might want to seriously consider getting two usb/firewire drives to keep 
> copies of his files.

Thanks to everyone. I've forwarded the emails to him and he's poking
around to see what is what. I would like to see him install Ubuntu to
that laptop, as we ran the live CD version and it worked well! My goal
is for our Non-Profit to go totally Open Source, and then crow about it!
I keep harping that it makes no sense to take a small donation from an
elderly "church lady" and then hand it over to the world's richest man.
That is SIN in my book. Pure and unadulterated sin. :) Ric


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My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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