I have just scrapped my old copy of Windows in exchange for a brand-spankin-new install of Ubuntu Linux. Why would I do such a thing, you might ask. Let me tell you why:
- It’s free.
- Almost all software for it is also free.
- It’s said to be more stable than Windows – no more BSOD.
- It’s secure.
- I can do just about everything with it that I can do with Windows. For the software that absolutely must run under Windows, I have my laptop that still has XP Home installed.
I must say, I have been quite impressed so far. I did the first installation a few days ago and was playing around, trying to learn the basics. I had used the automatic partitioning option in the easy-to-use installation program, but wasn’t happy with what it did for me. So Last night I started again, arranged the partitions as I wanted and the whole installation only took about 15 minutes. Much faster than Windows XP.
Now I just need to get a handle on the command line stuff, and how extra drives are mounted in folders, rather than as a physical drive. Then I should be right.
Anyway, I’m going to go and continue being a nerd. Have a nice day.
Bold move, well done. I’m currently being REMINDED several times an hour that my copy of Windows is NOT GENUINE. I don’t know why that would be ;-D