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Posted on 07/24/2010 2:24:29 PM PDT by Willie Green
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You can boot from a CD and try it before installing it. Use Ubuntu for modern computers, and Puppy for old obsolete machines.
I loaded puppy on a disk,,, it would not do anything. No thanks.
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I have a Windows 7 machine with a Fedora VM running on it.
I also have a XP VM, and I am working on getting a Win95 VM.
Why give up one for the other?
And incompatibility.
No reason, just don’t buy any more copies of Windows than you really need.
Cygwin for the win.
Puppy was kind of nice, but there was always something that didn’t work. One time I had a problem and spent an hour finding the bug mentioned on their forums. Two developers were having a pissing contest and both refused to fix the bug. It probably remains unfixed to this day.
You need to keep one windows machine around until you die for apps which need it, that’s it.
Does it work with VM?
I am not technically oriented, and that is an understatement. I use XP as a word processor in which to write fiction. Should I consider LINUX, and if so, what would be my biggest hurdles?
Thank you in advance.
11) Your computer savvy nephew is SICK of having to defrag, unvirus, and reinstall your damned pc.
I miss Windows 95,,, c://AUTOEXEC.BAT
That command would not work
Mish-mashing straw-man and false arguments never helps the Xnux cause. That list is terrible.
As a side note,, I have two laptops,, one is used ONLY for online banking, the other has NO anti-virus/spam/malware protection at all.
Rarely have a problem. I only operate under guest for surfing, about twice a year, I will pick up some malware that pops up on screen,, I go close log on,,, open admin log on,, close guest account and start a new one,,, problem solved and lightning fast surfing..(no firewall either on that one)
someone could copy the hard-drive,,, I don't care.
Its been a few decades... memory slipping....
That's what I thought for years.
I was dead wrong.
I'm on the wife's computer right now, on which I installed Linux Mint.
I did it because she's perpetually getting into trouble,
and I thought the security of Linux might free up some of my spare time.
I do it all, graphics, business, you name it, and I love it.
Nothing this little puter with Linux can't do.
I'm spending more time on it than I do on my own anymore.
There is a learning curve and you have to invest some time into it,
but I did and haven't regretted it yet.
As far as apps go, for every great app that runs on Windoze, Linux has two that are better.
“...the alien Windows 7...”
?? I have had zero problems with Windows 7.
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