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Migrated to Linux
Posted by Craig (396 reads)
I have been playing with Linux for about 5 years now in the hopes that one day I will be able to remove Microsoft Windows from my computer and use something that is better. My first successful install of Linux was the old and discontinued version of Red Hat and I quickly ditched it as it was just too technical. Then in 2005, I started playing with Mandrake/Mandriva, the older version 10 and its derivitative versions. I liked this as it showed promise. I was able to use the installed programs but the printer did not work and I never did try to network with windows machines. But, I did notice that Linux was improving! Even I could do some stuff on it. Over a year passed before I tried another Linux distro. This time it was the version of "Mandriva 2007". It installed easy but the printer would not recognize, so I ditched it. Linux was still not ready for a typical Windows based, no, a windows indoctrinated, computer user. However, I noticed that great strides have been made with Linux with regard to USB devices and recognition. I decided to try other distros (Linux Distributions). I tried the most popular at the time: Ubuntu, Knoppix, and a couple more. I could never get any to work on my appliance computer for one reason or another. Then I heard about a relatively new Linux distro that was growing quickly and was also designed for the new Linux user... PCLinuxOS.
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