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____/ RonB on Wednesday 24 Aug 2011 16:54 : \____
> On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:33:43 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ RonB on Tuesday 23 Aug 2011 19:48 : \____
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>>> On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:10:30 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> In love with Linux again
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>>>> | 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).
>
> That's the way it is with my Dad. He logs into Windows for two reasons
> only. 1) To play solitaire when he's listening to baseball games on the
> radio. And 2) to run his OCR software for his scanner (because he's used
> to it). Everything else is done in Linux Mint.
I wondered why Mint didn't mount the iPhone (not mine) out of the box. Does
it need a special driver? I didn't try.
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