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____/ Gregory Shearman on Wednesday 24 Aug 2011 02:23 : \____
> On 2011-08-23, High Plains Thumper <hpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> RonB on Tuesday:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In love with Linux again
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote]
>>>>>> Then after a couple of months Windows 7 took forever to not only
>>>>>> boot...
>>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> Continuing from the link...
>>>>
>>>> "Then after a couple of months Windows 7 took forever to not only boot
>>>> up but to connect to wi-fi as well. My netbook is an Acer Aspire which
>>>> I know is very Linux friendly so I went and installed Zorin OS, my
>>>> favorite Linux distro, and it has been the difference between night and
>>>> day when it comes to speed."
>>>>
>>>> So it's still the same with Windows. At first it can seem pretty
>>>> snappy, but give a month or two and it gets slower and slower. Of
>>>> course, Windows 7 wouldn't run on my computers worth a crap, yet the
>>>> most modern Linux distributions work great on them.
>>>
>>> When I set up dual-boot for people, they log into Linux by default
>>> because it's faster (to boot and to use).
>>
>> Exactly, that works for me. Even the wife uses Linux exclusively, Ubuntu
>> in particular. It is much more secure and faster to use.
>>
>
> Same here. My wife uses Ubuntu. She spends a lot of time on facebook
> these days. I don't like facebook, but that's *her* choice. Life's all
> about choice isn't it? Choice is good. More choices even better!
The funny thing is, they also use FB for gaming. So much for
Linux not being a games platform...
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~~ Best of wishes
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