[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sunday 04 November 2007 20:15:23 Richard Detwiler wrote:
Are you serious? Here is a person that appears to know little
or nothing about computers and you are suggesting that they
magically switch to linux? BTW: 7.10 is the latest release, and
LiveCD *doesn't* work on many older systems, just booting the
LiveCD is like watching the grass grow in Nebraska in December.
Have to voice a strong agreement with that last statement! Over
the weekend, I decided to give Linux a shot, and tried making the
Ubuntu CD as per instructions (which worked well). Then I booted
my computer from the CD, and it was so incredibly slow that a
number of times I thought that something major must have gone
wrong. When I read this, I couldn't believe that this was being
proposed as a "possibly easier solution". Talk about a recipe for
frustration!
Needless to say, my attempt to explore Linux by booting from a CD
only lasted long enough for me to regain control over Linux
(around 20 minutes I believe) so I could shut it down! I'm not
saying that Linux isn't a good OS -- only that booting from a CD
on my system only led to frustration, and was apparently not a
good example of what Linux is like (at least I hope it wasn't).
PCLinuxOS 2007 Does not have this problem.
http://www.pclinuxos.com
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give that a try and see if things go
more smoothly ...
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