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To: markomalley

been trying Linux distros lately, and they are simply awful- nowhere near as polished as windows- always freezing up- etc- I’ve wasted more time trying to get programs working in Linux than I care to- reminds me of early versions of windows- pre 98- only worse lol-

Sorry- but Linux IS very frustrating and I’ve had to waste many hours over the last few weeks just trying to get basic things done- tried installing their awful games, none worked because I have a logitec mouse and hp keyboard apparently- and documentation online is very scarce for Linux related problems- I ran into what hsoudl have been a simple problem to fix, and could not find the info to fix it-

With windows, I’ve only had to install it, everything works- I don’t have to go into command line codes to fix, etc- programs work- games work- everything is all pretty much automatic now- everything just works- (I’m sure there are still some programs or devices that don’t BUT you can at least find documentation on workarounds- documentation that doesn’t include terminology that only a geek would understand- I don’t want ot spend a few years learning geek-speak just to keep a geek OS like Linux working proper- some might be into that- but not me- I am too old to deal with it- perhaps if I grew up with Linux but not at this stage of the game


27 posted on 07/21/2015 10:15:15 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

Try Mepis Linux. Stable and reliable across many machines and incredibly easy to install and use.

I have been recommending it to customers for years. :)


47 posted on 07/21/2015 5:15:43 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
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