Jesapoo - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:The solution! (Score 1) 595

by Jesapoo on Monday February 19 2007, @03:11AM (#18065400) Attached to: The Future of Packaging Software in Linux

You know one of the easiest ways to make life simpler for people new to GNU/Linux? Just calling it fucking *Linux* rather than being pedantic.

When someone who doesn't know much about computers asks you, "What does your computer run?" do you answer simply with "Windows" or "Apple Mac" or perhaps "Linux" - which they would understand - or do you go into geek-mode and say, "A custom hybrid GNU/Linux slackware-ubuntu distribution running the 2.6 kernel with KDE and WindowMaker"?

Leave the GNU/ part out of it. We all know what you mean, and those that don't, well - they just don't give a crap.

Cheapest way to UK Vista is through WGA

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19 2007, @01:27AM

An anonymous reader writes "Details of Windows Vista's UK prices can be found here http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.c fm?newsid=7668 According to techworld Vista Prices are significantly marked up in the UK compared to the US, as much as 80% for some versions. Ironically in the UK apart from buying abroad, and hoping customs doesnt add VAT to your order... the cheapest way to get a legal copy of Vista in the UK is to first get WGA to flag your copy of XP as illegal. Then UK users can purchase legitimate copies of XP for about £53 for the XP Home version and £92 for the XP Pro version. http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2154729/micros oft-increases-checks From Here they can download the form for an upgrade for only £10 http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/D/1/AD102 E9D-2DCF-4552-ADE3-68C02F0938E8/unitedkingdom.pdf That means the total for Vista Home Basic = £63 Vista Bussiness = £102 Still expensive by US standards but cheaper than buying from a UK retailer."