Just wanted to say hello to everyone here. I have been reading posts for awhile now (mostly trying to figure out all this linux stuff, lol). I have been fooling around with linux for about 2 years but up until now I hadn't really considered giving up my windows. I have always hated Microsoft and all they stand for but it is really hard to get away from their products when a large percentage of people use it.

I really want to learn Linux inside and out (like windows) so that I can completely change over. Linux has come a long way since I first used it, and I have been trying to convince everyone I know that it is better and will continue to get better while Microsoft will continue to be buggy, insecure, and expensive.

Glad to be here

Welcome to LQ cybercom!

Glad to see another on the band wagon

Spot on!

You just get rid of Windows and you'll find out how good Linux can be.

Great intro post, cybercom. Welcome to LQ.

I agree. You will find alot of 'difficulties' and 'little annoyances' in the beginning. And you'll think: "Hah. This or that works better on windows, so I'm going to use it again."
But the fact is that you have to learn a little bit about linux before you can effectively use it.
Just use linux for everything. And if something doesn't work. Don't give up. Linux has a solution for nearly everything.