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222095	2004-03-18 00:42:00	You will need to wait a while for the PC authority, it is released in Australia during the month but doesn't get to our fair shores until beginning of the month its for. Oddly enough its usually out on the same day as PC World. You'll need to Subscribe to get it earlier.	Pacifier (2821)
222096	2004-03-18 01:10:00	The March PC Authority is out ... it's past the "beginning of the month". But it's the Feb issue which has a Morphix live CD. ;-) No The March APC has 2.6.1 kernel and the new module and sysfs stuff. ;-) And lots of CUPS stuff (including the HP office jet which might handle the multipurpose printer).	Graham L (2)
222097	2004-03-18 01:45:00	The Xandros software is included on the April issue of PC authority that has just been published in Australia. It will be here at the beginning of next month	Pacifier (2821)
222098	2004-03-18 02:45:00	getting this thread back to Xandros - it installed perfectly, dual booting nicely with XP Pro...but could never actually get it to work. Usual story - no time to play with it. Of course the time for the free trial has now run out and can't find anyway *easy* way to uninstall this OS - any ideas? Don't want to lose my XP partition or data.... Have sarched Google and the Xandros website but even their website has no mention of uninstalling it.	falvrez (390)
222099	2004-03-18 02:51:00	Very interesting stuff, John. :-) Would you mind doing a little experiment for me, please? One of my most treasured apps is AZZ CardFile (http://www.azzcardfile.com/), a program that I use all the time. If you could have a go at installing it and giving it a spin for me I would be really interested to know if it will work in Xandros. It is only a little program so it shouldn't take you long to find out whether it will play nicely in Xandros and I know that there are a couple of other people interested in the results also. You might even find it useful yourself if your results are successful. :-) Murray: Thanks for the laughs about the jam - Erk!! :O :D	Susan B (19)
222100	2004-03-18 03:37:00	Hi Susan The programme installed fine, no error messages . It shows up in Windows Applications in Launch (like Start Menu) . It opened nicely with no hiccups and it appears to work fine . Mind you, I am unfamiliar with the file and I only had a little play with the Getting Started bit . A power user like you may find flaws ;-) Unlike Nero . . . I finally got it to "install" . It did not show up in Windows . After I finally located it buried in the depths of the system, I got it to fire up, with error messages . I burned two coasters - one at 24x and the other at 8x . The data burned on to the disk, but it spat the dummy right at the end which is when I think it is creating the directory that enables the PC to read the CD . I have decided to dump Nero as it seems incompatible, but maybe it will show up in the Xandros user forum with a way of installing it properly . Finally in this post, for Linux enthusiasts' information, I uninstalled Office XP, including Internet Explorer . I tried everything but I still could not get reference to them out of the Windows Applications in Launcher . I did a simulated Windows reboot, a logout, and a restart, and the darned things stayed there . Finally, I found that there is a facility in Crossover where you can remove reference to the menu items one by one . . . Good grief . So, all desktop evidence of pollution is gone . What annoys me is that the whole Office XP mess is still in the . cxoffice/dotwine/fake_windows directory . It includes most of the rubbish you see in windoze, including a Program Files directory with all of the IE, OE etc etc directories . The uninstall function of CrossOver does not get rid of them . I will have to have a look in the manual to see if there are any suggestions . . . John	John H (8)
222101	2004-03-18 03:39:00	>Mind you, I am unfamiliar with the file Sorry, slip of the fingers not picked up in preview. I should have said programme or application.	John H (8)
222102	2004-03-18 03:54:00	> Hi Susan > > The programme installed fine, no error messages. It > shows up in Windows Applications in Launch (like > Start Menu). It opened nicely with no hiccups and it > appears to work fine. That's good to know, perhaps I'll be investing in Crossover Office sometime soon :-) > Unlike Nero... I finally got it to "install". It did > not show up in Windows. After I finally located it > buried in the depths of the system, I got it to fire > up, with error messages. I burned two coasters - one > at 24x and the other at 8x. The data burned on to the > disk, but it spat the dummy right at the end which is > when I think it is creating the directory that > enables the PC to read the CD. I have decided to dump > Nero as it seems incompatible, but maybe it will show > up in the Xandros user forum with a way of installing > it properly. Apparently Nero can be made to work with Wine, havent checked it out yet. I use K3b for all my burning, its a Nero clone (Only better ;-)). > Finally in this post, for Linux enthusiasts' > information, I uninstalled Office XP, including > Internet Explorer. I tried everything but I still > could not get reference to them out of the Windows > Applications in Launcher. I did a simulated Windows > reboot, a logout, and a restart, and the darned > things stayed there. Finally, I found that there is a > facility in Crossover where you can remove reference > to the menu items one by one... Good grief. You can also right-click on the K-menu (Or I think you said Xandros have renamed it) and edit the menu manually in one of the options that popup Chill.	Chilling_Silence (9)
222103	2004-03-18 04:21:00	>I use K3b for all my burning, its a Nero clone (Only better) . I had a look when you referred me to this earlier Chill, but it does not seem to be for Xandros - I noticed references there to Red Hat etc, but I can't recall any refs to Debian, so I was a bit leery about trying it . >You can also right-click on the K-menu (Or I think you said Xandros have renamed it) and edit the menu manually in one of the options that popup Thank you, you are right . You right click on Launcher, and one of the options that pops up is Menu Editor . You can then do a whole range of things including removing the menu item . But there are other "sophisticated" options I haven't explored yet . It looks really helpful thanks . Now, how to get rid of all the unneeded Windows clutter without getting Xandros' appendages stuck in the mangle . . . Actually, "thinks out loud" maybe that stuff was in there right from the beginning in the fake windows directory? Terry, if you have not installed Office or anything from Microsoft, could you check your installation? Go (if you are willing!) to your home directory, turn on View hidden files, and then go . cxoffice/dotwine/fake_windows/program files, and let us know what is inside? I notice that Netscape is in there! Thanks if you would do that . And thanks again Chill for the hints .	John H (8)
222104	2004-03-18 05:20:00	I dont have much in that folder John. There is an empty Accessories folder, an empty Common Files folder, and a Netscape/Communicator/Program folder containing an empty plugin folder and a small 28KB netscape.exe (dos) executable, which calls up Mozilla when run, and finally a 5KB launchurl.exe which gives an error message when run.	Terry Porritt (14)
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