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<blockquote data-quote="redneckengineered" data-source="post: 539270" data-attributes="member: 503"><p>I know very little about Linux, but I do work in several Linux programs here at work. Frankly the desktop is very similar to Windows with a start menu of sorts and icons to launch various programs. If all you were going to do was run that one program, you really don't need to have any more knowledge about computers than you do now.</p><p></p><p>That being said, your plan sounds fine. We still have one XP machine here at work and I keep a couple more in the closet for parts. It runs a very important piece of software for us, and to update the software to Windows 7 or 10 is 5 figures for basically nothing other than having it be compatible with newer machines. Obviously that is ridiculous.</p><p></p><p>If you want to network the two you'll need a router and some network cable at a minimum and basic knowledge of networking to get both computers to see each other. Another option and the most basic would be to get a crossover cable which will tie the two computers directly together for file sharing without the need of a router. You can read more about that here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable</p><p></p><p>You could just use a USB thumb drive to go between the computers if you don't want to **** with networking.</p><p></p><p>If you'll have internet access you can just get a google drive account for free and store all your files in the cloud. Each computer will have a folder on the desktop that looks like a local folder but really just browses your cloud files. I use this for tons of things. Very handy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redneckengineered, post: 539270, member: 503"] I know very little about Linux, but I do work in several Linux programs here at work. Frankly the desktop is very similar to Windows with a start menu of sorts and icons to launch various programs. If all you were going to do was run that one program, you really don't need to have any more knowledge about computers than you do now. That being said, your plan sounds fine. We still have one XP machine here at work and I keep a couple more in the closet for parts. It runs a very important piece of software for us, and to update the software to Windows 7 or 10 is 5 figures for basically nothing other than having it be compatible with newer machines. Obviously that is ridiculous. If you want to network the two you'll need a router and some network cable at a minimum and basic knowledge of networking to get both computers to see each other. Another option and the most basic would be to get a crossover cable which will tie the two computers directly together for file sharing without the need of a router. You can read more about that here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable You could just use a USB thumb drive to go between the computers if you don't want to **** with networking. If you'll have internet access you can just get a google drive account for free and store all your files in the cloud. Each computer will have a folder on the desktop that looks like a local folder but really just browses your cloud files. I use this for tons of things. Very handy. [/QUOTE]
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