Always thought that Windows was counter intuitive.... having to go to the
START button to close down takes the biscuit!
Have just set up a machine to run Linux although I am a long time Windows
user - not by choice, I have to say! Last week I went to a launch of the new
Windows Vista and Office 2007 and was totally dismayed.... soooo big and
hardware hungry. Interestingly some of the demo machines had crashed which
didn't inspire confidence.. so I came home and downloaded Ubuntu Linux,
loaded it on an old 386 machine and had a hiccough with the wireless
networking - but have resolved that now and am flying!
Like the feel of it - but don't like some 'old fashioned' bits like the
command line editor... although use of this seems to be optional much is
written about using it... and I haven't quite grasped why it is necessary to
compile programs before running them after a download.
Firefox is my preferred browser and Openoffice seems as capable as MS
Office.. apart from the macros in the spreadsheet..
All in all.. I like the experience so far.. it has certainly removed the
'scales' from my eyes and I don't feel tied down any more, being prompted to
install updates that I don't want or simply because purchased software
doesn't work the way that it should.
Allan Thompson
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