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Update – Dell
ByGarfThis is an update to the Dell OS-free laptop fiasco:- http://www.garfnet.org.uk/joomla/index.php? option=com_content&view=article&id=182&Itemid=331 Seems that whilst Dell cannot be bothered to respond to our enquires with regard to buying laptops OS-free, or whether it is prepared to refund customers for unused Microsoft licenses as per Microsoft’s EULA, it is however perfectly happy to spam its customers…
Posting pictures on GarfNet Coppermine
ByGarfEditor’s note 2018-01-01: Coppermine has been deprecated and we are no longer actively adding to it, nor are we accepting content on it from third-party users. The following text is kept here purely for historical purposes. Whilst most of this is already covered in the “General rules for posting material on GarfNet“, I would like…
Merry Christmas 2018
ByGarfThese splendid-looking geese are residents at the Weald and Down Open Air Museum, West Sussex, England.
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London Golf Show, Day 3, Excel Centre, London
ByGarfLondon Golf Show, Day 3, Excel Centre, London.
