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From: Jared Stevens <stevja AT lineo DOT com>
Organization: Lineo Inc.
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: MICROSOFT has Bought Over Linus Torvalds!!
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:42:26 -0600
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On Fri, 07 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> Jared Stevens wrote:
> 
> > Windows 95 is a massive pain to install... (almost harder + trickier than
> > Linux) When I installed, for some strange reason, it didn't install CD-Rom
> > drivers, and so when it 'boots windows for the first time' and is trying to
> > install all of these drivers, my CDROM doesn't work, and I can't install
> > anything. Also, if you have a 350 mhz processor or faster, windows wont boot at
> > all until you update some files.
> 
> I've installed Win95 on a 400MHz machine without any 'updates'.

That is really wierd... how old is the copy of windows you installed?

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