Weaning Myself Off of Microsoft
Now that I have Linux running successfully on my two laptops, I am gearing up to run it on my desktop as a dual boot system with my existing Windows XP. I have two hard drives, so it should be easy enough (riiight)…just having to clean off the hard drives to make room for it all.
I had tried the “Live CD” option (to run Linux off a CD or DVD), with OK results. But I found I couldn’t save any files to my hard drive, so what was the point? The Live CDs were also a bit slower than running something off a hard disk. (I will review some of the Live CDs later.)
Since my desktop is my primary computer for my work, if I can get myself into the habit of using Linux for most everything, then I will be able to finally say I kicked the Microsoft habit!
Wish me luck!
Don’t throw that old computer out: Install Linux on it instead!
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