[juneau-lug] Re: New laptop

  • From: Jamie <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 08:31:16 -0800

James,

OK Try #2 is going in the mail today.  One cd with:
libdvdcss in various forms,
Movix.iso - a live cd image for playing movies (something to play with),
Open Office 1.1.4 for windows,
WinXP SP2

-Jamie

james.zuelow@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Hey one of the benefits of being over here is more or less tax free shopping.  
>So I picked up an off-brand laptop today with a DVD+-RW for well under $1K.  
>The DVD burner is what sold me, everything else being pretty standard for 
>laptops these days (AMD Sempron 1.6GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 80GB drive, etc.) 
> Since I don't have my mini-DV camera here, it's not like I have a source for 
>DVD info, but I'm thinking ahead to when I get back. (I'm probably in enough 
>trouble for buying the laptop, buying another mini-DV camera would be a little 
>over the top...)
>
>My problem being that I cannot download anything here, and can't save an 
>attachement that arrives via e-mail.  I know that Jamie sent me some CDs with 
>OpenOffice and the Debian decss .deb on them.  I think they're lost in the 
>mail - I get care packages & stuff in about 14 days, rarely more than 21 days. 
> Letters take 7-14 days.  Anyone care to send a CD with the debian .decss on 
>it?
>
>(I know, I know - I should be using a distribution with fewer hangups about 
>the technicalities of 'free' if I want to have anything to do with the music 
>or movie industries...)
>
>Cheers,
>
>James
>
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