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Pissed off with Windows
« on: June 14, 2007, 03:13:55 PM »
Don?t know what it is but I?ve just had enough of Micro$oft Windows.

I?m currently installing linux on one of my laptops!

I?ve been a long-term ?fan? of Micro$soft products starting with MS-DOS, working up through Windows 386, Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, NT, 2000 and XP. But, and it is a big but my satisfaction with XP is rapidly diminishing.

Recently, it just seems that the number of updates, virus updates and general shite that I have to download just to keep the things running (I have five PC?s) is increasing. as a result, the speed of all my PC?s is rapidly decreasing.

I?m damned if I?m going to upgrade all my hardware to run Micro$oft Fista (along with my Micro$oft Office) and I?m damned if I?m going to throw it all away in order to upgrade to a Mac solution.

So, I?m going to have a go at running linux which is completely free and should operate without stress on my existing hardware.

Watch this space?
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2007, 03:30:47 PM »
Isn't Linux one of the Snoopy characters?


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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2007, 03:43:47 PM »
Linus (van Pelt)



Ha Ha I beat that pesky dog
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2007, 03:47:14 PM »
Linus Benedict Torvalds pronunciation (help?info); born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. He now acts as the project's coordinator.



The Beagle is not so silly!
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2007, 04:33:22 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on June 14, 2007, 03:47:14 PM
Linus Benedict Torvalds pronunciation (help?info); born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. He now acts as the project's coordinator.

Does he still do the cartoons, or is he too rich and famous now?
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2007, 04:40:56 PM »
You know the cartoons are by Charles Schultz
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2007, 04:47:23 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on June 14, 2007, 04:40:56 PM
You know the cartoons are by Charles Schultz

I refer the honorable member to my earlier reply on the subject of retail medication. ;)
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2007, 04:51:01 PM »
I refer the honourable member to the reply I gave on that occasion. I can't help it ~ it's almost time for my next dose.
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2007, 06:02:51 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on June 14, 2007, 04:51:01 PM
I refer the honourable member to the reply I gave on that occasion. I can't help it ~ it's almost time for my next dose.
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2007, 07:58:27 AM »
Ahem?

Back on topic for a minute if I may?

I found an old copy of Mandrake Linux (9.2) in the back of a cupboard which I installed on one of my work laptops. It all worked perfectly although installing Firefox and Quick Time was a bit of a geeky nightmare.

Anyway, flushed with my success I downloaded the latest version of Mandrake (Mandriva Linux Spring 2007) from the tinterweb.

I?ve just installed it and I have to say it is bloody marvellous. Looks fantastic, fully configured itself (I had to tell it the type of keyboard and that I was in Nicosia to sort the time out) and it all works perfectly (so far).

It comes with just about every application you could need including Firefox, Open Office, web builder, etc. and it as completely free!
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2007, 08:27:46 AM »
Quote from: Barman on June 15, 2007, 07:58:27 AM
Mandrake Linux
Now he was definitely in the first Harry Potter film.
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2007, 10:06:02 AM »
Here I am, logged-in on my new linux laptop!  cloud9:
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2007, 10:52:14 AM »
Quote from: Barman on June 15, 2007, 10:06:02 AM
Here I am, logged-in on my new linux laptop!  cloud9:
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2007, 10:56:33 AM »
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Re: Pissed off with Windows
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2007, 02:41:47 PM »
Surely:

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