Minutes of the August 28, 2001 meeting of the STNYLUG --


We had a real nice turnout - many new faces, some 'regulars' and some from
the past (welcome back)!

Bill brought in his system and gave a demonstration on 'WIN4LIN', a way to
run a Windows instance on top of Linux in a terminal-like window or full
screen.  Nice if you NEED to run a Windows app or 2 once in a while and do
NOT want to dual-boot. Not TOO pricy, less than $100.

Much discussion on the requirement to use MS stuff because Linux is lacking
similar apps. Concensus is that there are still a few areas where this is
true, but the gap is narrowing.

Mike discussed (bragged about :-) ) his newest 'toy' and teased us with
the manual. Doesn't everyone have a dual processor desktop machine just to
read e-mail ????

And as usual there was the 'required' MS bashing and other sundry war
stories, all somehow, finally relating to Open Source Software, LINUX  and
other associated topics.

There were no surprise refreshments, but the host did give away a couple
of souvenirs.

Respectfully submitted,

Your Host


Attendance --

	Craig
	Barrie
	Dan
	Dave
	John
	Angie
	Jon
	Bill
	Mike