Have I become anti-Windows(r)?
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| I am considering a new primary hard drive for the "big" machine
| (the Athlon 3000+) and a fresh install of Ubuntu. I would have to make sure
| I could still boot into Windows occasionally without having to connect and
| disconnect cables, but it is an option still.
|
| [...]
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| To the right of that machine is that older Sony Vaio laptop I
| mentioned earlier.
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| It's running Edubuntu.
|
| [...]
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| Being the geek that I am, I managed to covince the first couple to
| seriously consider a mac (education discount, anyone?), and I am
| going to install Ubuntu linux on the other couple's machine,
| potentially saving them the cost of a new PC and breathing new
| life into that old machine.
|
| Does this make me anti-Windows (r)? With Vista coming out, I have no
| computer capable of running it, and no desire to do so. I like the
| near-zero threat of viruses and spyware/malware. I like reliability and
| uptime. I like that my machines (save for the Windows one, but naturally
| that is hardware, not software) "just work".
|
| So why am I steering folks away from Microsoft? It is not for any
| philosophical reason, I don?t claim to know much about either company's
| business practices, I guess I am just a bit of a pragmatist in the narrow
| definition that I just like to help folks find stuff that works.
|
| It saves me the phone calls during dinner when they can't figure out why
| they're all of a sudden getting thousands of pop-ups.
|
| Anything I can do to avoid being someone's personal (and assumed free) tech
| support is worth a lot. It gives me more time to talk to you, and I enjoy
| that.
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