I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance.
How many chances do you propose a sane person give Windows? My own "precious" computer was rendered _inoperative_ by Windows; no number of clean reinstalls would fix it.
Look at the enourmous after-market industry which has sprung up to produce software which serves no other purpose than to make Windows work the way it should, or to provide simple, common-sense functionality for which no informed person would ever pay extra-- who, for example, would buy a new car knowing full well that the entire exhaust system would have to be replaced within a month? Windows won't even properly defragment its own filesystem, for crying out loud-- and very few affordable third-party applications do a much better job.
You know, in the midst of trying to get Windows to work again, I picked up a troubleshooting guide published by Microsoft themselves. In this book, it was clearly stated that Windows is inherently unstable and will, over time, deterriorate to the point that a clean reinstall is inevitable. Nobody should have to lose or even interrupt their work for this kind of shoddy workmanship.
It came down to simple mathematics for me-- US$69.00 for a complete, stable OS accompanied by the functional equivalent of thousands of dollars' worth of commercial software, versus US$100.00 for an UPGRADE to the most bloated, dumbed-down, shambling, sluggardly heap of bloatware ever foisted upon the computing public. The choice was clear.
Sorry your experience was so negative. Linux isn't for everybody. But calling upon others who've had the patience and commitment to both make Linux work and to contribute to the system's rapidly-growing user base to simply give up because of your "disappointing and frustrating" experience is in poor taste. I'd be curious to know how many of us, when we finally left Microsoft behind, stormed the Windows e-mail lists and posted flamebait there?
Whatever. Have fun downloading your "service packs" (i.e., patches for alpha-level bugs and stupid oversights) and paying to protect yourself from the next round of e-mail malware.
> "I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer..."
Good on you. See to it that you erase this list from your address book, as well.
Marv Boyes
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