Nana Pam has a new computer. Well, a newer computer, from http://www.computerresale.co.uk/refurbished.htm (not one of the ones currently listed). It has XP Pro on it.

My task is to copy everything useful off her current, Windows 98, machine.

That probably means copying "My Documents" (happening as I write), and making sure she has a copy of Word ( Read more... )

But it might be quite nice to turn the whole machine into a VM, for playing old games that don't work even in compatibility mode, and in case anything else that was on it is ever useful.
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Did I mention that BT sent me a free Home Hub before Christmas, but I didn't do anything with it? Hmm, probably not.
Anyway, it turns out that it runs Linux, and BT have released (at least some of) the source only after complaints that they were violating the GPL, and that it can act as a print server. I must try and have a play with it sometime.

http://www.homehubblog.com/
http://hubbub.labs.bt.com/?pagename=viewpost&id=1802
http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/t22917-4.html?
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=418613

Well that was easy. Last week I finally got around to setting up Ubuntu again after the disk shuffling. This morning I pressed the "Updates available" button, and ping, new release installs.
Haven't played with it at all yet though.

Installed Ubuntu ( no network yet )