[AuckLUG] Deserting Windows for Linux ...

[David Love]

I am a relative newcomer to the mailing list.  So if my request is 
"not on", please forgive me.

At present I run Windows XP and RISC OS (through an emulator) on one 
PC, and had SuSE 10.1, together with Mepis on another, until I 
reformatted it with Windows 2000 to give to my daughter.

I enjoyed using SuSE 10.1 and it has led me to form an intention to go 
over to Linux (probably SuSE 10.2) and leave the Windows world 
altogether but it not possible while I use a genealogy programme 
written for that OS.  I know that there are a couple of genealogy 
programmes for Linux but I prefer to stay with Family Historian.

The main PC has an AMD-Athlon 64, 3500 processor, 1GB RAM and 2 HD 
(one I think is IDE and the other SATA) each of 100 MB.

What I want to do is to install SuSE 10.2 on one of the HDs and other 
distros on the second one - say Mandriva, Kubuntu, and Mepis. The main 
distro used would be SuSE 10.2.

This just leaves the problem as to how I continue using Family 
Historian.  I  understand that it runs on Linux using CrossOver Office 
- and possibly WINE - but rather like the idea of using Xen. I have no 
idea whether this is possible.

Now comes the crunch question.  As I am not experienced in the 
installation of Linux, is there any member in the West Auckland area 
(Henderson) who'd be happy to come along and help me through the 
process?  Alternatively, I'd be happy to bring the machine to their 
home. I am more than happy to pay a reasonable sum for the service.

David
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David Love
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.