__/ [ Jim ] on Wednesday 19 July 2006 02:04 \__
> Martha Adams wrote:
>
>> Well, Microsoft has certainly alienated me. *Daily* surveys of what's
>> in
>> my machine? *My* machine *my* files? *My* Windows even, properly
>> installed and paid for? ?? This WGA stuff is much much too far: I have
>> switched off my Windows update and I am actively exploring how to do
>> all my work in Linux. I was on the cusp, now I'm well past it. The
>> good
>> thing about Microsoft WGA is, that it seems to have stirred up a lot of
>> activity helpful to people doing just what I'm doing.
>>
>> Cheers -- Martha Adams
>>
> <snips>
>
> Welcome to the fold, me dear... :)
>
> Try some live distributions first. See what you like about them. What's
> missing? How can you solve those dependencies (I'm not talking about
> package dependencies, I'm talking about what tools /you/ need to get the
> job done)? Just remember, a few of us are actually here to help;
> alternatively, post any queries to comp.os.linux.misc, where there is far
> less noise.
At the time (years ago), I actually found that a good route
to migration is a dual-boot system where merely anything is
done under Linux. At the time, the only dissatisfaction I
had with Linux was Web browsing (that was well before
Firefox 1), which sometimes failed to render MSIE-centric
pages. It wasn't the fault of Linux. (Much) Later came
OpenOffice 2, but I never cares much for Microsoft Office.
Videos are another issue that has been solves since.
Best wishes,
Roy
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