Can you “Linux” it?
December 20th, 2007 at 14:10Today my family’s primary computer stopped working. Starts to boot, then reboots with the option to start in Safe Mode. None of the safe modes are working. I called my dad and
explained the problem. Something similar happened to his primary work computer a few years ago. He asked me if I could “Linux” it. I love that. When his work machine went down a few years ago I used a Knoppix CD to connect it to his network and pull all the data off. He’ll bring home that same CD tonight so that we can rescue the data from this machine. I do wish I could convince him to just let me put Linux on the machine. There is the possibility that a hard drive is acting up, but I doubt it. A nice Ubuntu distro could be styled to look like Windows. My mom wasn’t able to use the computer last night to view pictures on a CD. I brought them up without a hitch on my Fedora box.
It would be just my luck that when I have the best chance to convert the home family computer I leave all my best CDs at home. Linux just makes everything better.