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Windows (Sucks)

So - my windows XP crashed again. its been good up until the last couple months - now it's toast again.

I don't know why - I rebooted my computer after adding a cd-rom and it said I had disk errors. I didn't do anything with the disk - just installed a cd NEAR the disk

anyways, it saved the bad blocks, and did restart but I couldn't do anything - I couldn't get into outlook, or any office app for that matter, nor could I add or remove programs.

So I made a decision which I'm going to stick to - I stuck a smaller drive into my computer and installed Fedora Linux. I'm going to dump windows altogether and jump into Linux. I've been threatening to do this for some time, but I thought now the timing is right.

I'm going to use WINE to get access to my windows Apps, mostly so I can open outlook and export most of my PST settings to my Gmail account. Then I will wean myself off the windows apps as I find comparable linux apps.

eventually I will reformat the windows drive (yet again) and reinstall windows mostly so my son can play his games. But in the meantime I will be forcing myself to learn linux.

I'm looking forward to it - I have a lot of ideas I want to do including developing a PHP website.

And of course linux is way more secure - hardly any viruses out there affecting linux. And over time I'm sure I'll find all the applications I need to fill the void left by losing windows yet again.

What would we do without computers?
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