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Learnin linux

So, I made a decision to dump windows (after a few beers) and go with Linux so I thought I'd post my progress so far.

I'm not entirely a linux newbie, although I haven't done much with it. I've had it running no Virtual PC, and on its own partition, but all I've ever done with it in the past is install it with various options and keep it up to date.

I started with Redhat 8 and then moved on to 9 and now Fedora. I like fedora.

My biggest concerns were email, word processing, chatting to friends and family online, and newsgroups.

So I found an old 4 gig drive (scavenged out of an old Pentium 133) and decided to install Fedora. At the time I was doing this, my goal was to install a windows emalator (Wine or VMWare) so that I could still run Windows, just on linux.

But after installing linux (and having a few of those aforementioned beers) I started to think, and I said to myself "Do I really need windows?"

I decided right there and then that no, I do not need windows anymore. It will be a little painful but I wil learn Linux.

That was 3 days ago, and I'm glad to say I'm still Windows free.

Over the next few posts, I will explain more of my findings. It's been interesting. Be sure to come back to see how I've dealt with my pains - email, office processing, chat etc.
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