[clee1]

Yup. That is my plan too. Cut the Win partition off and do may basics with Linux.

I was never much of a programmer.... although I can do a lot with ksh scripts and sql calls ;-). I was more of a hardware/os/network type.

I’ve tried to keep relatively current, as a hobbiest, but I don’t really have time to babysit a buggy or unstable OS. I get downright ILL when winblows screws me over, as it has of late. I really need to wipe/reinstall my win7 system, but think I’d rather leave it alone and just go to Linux.

[Bikkuri]

Ah.. the Hardware hobbiest :D

Likewise.. haven’t ‘bought’ a PC since about 1991... Saved more than half on the costs back then.. but, times changed :p
Seems it costs more to buy the parts now to build the system than to buy one (of course, the systems you buy will have crappy peripherals now, so, maybe it would be the same. Haven’t used Intel since about 2001, been AMD all the way... but those times be be changing now too :(

Considering changing over (especially now that AMD is now ATI too.. I hate ATI as much as, if not more than, WinBlows :p I have owned about 6 ATI cards.. every freaking one of them were blown in less than a month.
Also, I recommend nVid if you are going Linux... Has much better support.

[Bikkuri]

Lol.. that reminded me.. I remember when FTP(WAY before net) first came out... I would sit at my PC for hours typing in random addresses.. sometimes, I was able to get some good games ;)

[Bikkuri]

BTW, you mentioned "Buggiest"..

In the Mint Update Manager, I recommend ONLY setting updates to lvl 1 & 2... those are both tested.

Lvl 3+ are not tested. Lvl 3 is also set as default along with LVL 1 & 2. Disable LVL 3.




Apologies about it looking strange.. I have 4 monitors and the overlaps happened when I accidentally put my pointer on the wrong area when I took the screencap :p

P.S. The Mint LiveCD recognized ALL od my monitors on boot... just had to change the positions..