[clyde asbury]

Explore Linux as an alternative OS

After using Firefox for almost a year, and playing around with Knoppix in DVD boot for a short time, this week I completely switched over to Linux. Both feet first, no dual booting. I don't hate Microsoft and I'm aware nothing on the Internet is safe, but I'm not sorry I switched, and I won't go back.

Even though my XP home system was only six months old, I know Longhorn would have slowed it down significantly if I were to have installed it when it's ready. Viruses and spyware were seldom a problem on my XP system, but only with utility programs and eternal vigilance.

Major MS OS upgrades require a newer and faster system, IMO. That's the idea.

[amigatec]

After using Firefox for almost a year, and playing around with Knoppix in DVD boot for a short time, this week I completely switched over to Linux. Both feet first, no dual booting. I don't hate Microsoft and I'm aware nothing on the Internet is safe, but I'm not sorry I switched, and I won't go back.

You will find that going back to Windows is not a option.
Not because you can't, but because you won't.

I switched two years ago and have NO regrets.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

After using Firefox for almost a year, and playing around with Knoppix in DVD boot for a short time, this week I completely switched over to Linux. Both feet first, no dual booting.

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Good luck. Am currently in a just-Linux mode, and have been discovering sadly, there are some things you simply cannot do in Linux. Such as running Yahoo music service, iTunes, and some streaming video applications such as online television broadcasting.

Yes I know about Wine, and have used it for a lot of applications.

I’m going to set up a dual-boot. Linux just by itself is simply not adequate in a world where 90% of the rest of the world is on Windows.

You still need that capability, IMHO.