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From: "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com>
To: "'... and he never phones, either ...'" <cygwin-talk@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: Turn WinXP Pc into *nix File Server
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:21:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <011a01c69160$f1780360$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Xns97E4AE3D0F275zzappergmailcom@80.91.229.5>

On 16 June 2006 17:08, zzapper wrote:

> Hi,
> I have an older Windows XP PC with a 12GB HardDisk which I would like to
> transform into a simple file server. Can you recommend a *nix distribution
> or whatever to achieve this w/o too much heartbreak.

  How about 'any live CD' - that lets you try them out without any commitment.

  Mind you, I know a lot of people who say that lack of commitment /causes/
heartbreak, not avoids it.

    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....

      parent reply	other threads:[~2006-06-16 16:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-16 16:08 zzapper
2006-06-16 16:15 ` Christopher Faylor
2006-06-16 16:21 ` Dave Korn [this message]

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