Always like to see a FR computer thread. A couple of questions for FR wizards.
1. On XP I got a SP3 notice to download a month or two ago. When I clicked download nothing happened, and my laptop still shows only SP2. What happened? Is it worth the trouble to go download it?
2. I’m seriously interested in a ‘MSI Wind’, the Linux version. Anyone real familiar with that OS to give this beginner an idea of what it’s like on a daily basis?
Download a Live Cd version and look at it....For Web browsing with Firefox,...will look like what you have already.
The MSI Wind uses a version of Linux called SUSE. It's a German distro and from what I've read about it's rock solid. I bought a Linux preloaded computer from Dell My favorite use so far is the graphics manipulation. I've used it to make my own additions to Pookies Toons which ran for many years here on FreeRepublic.
The few problems I've had were easy to resolve because many Linux users are hard core geeks and like to troubleshoot problems just for kicks, and they do so on easy to use forums. (I even stirred up a little trouble recently on one thread claiming it "wasn't political" and clearly was.)