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okcalibob 07-16-2014 11:10 PM
Never to be held hostage by windows again!!!
 
Very new Linux user dumping windows for good!

kooru 07-17-2014 12:15 AM
welcome!

SandsOfArrakis 07-17-2014 11:22 AM
I thought I heard a loud bang :D Welcome :)

John VV 07-17-2014 02:10 PM
just keep in mind that from time to time you might need to use Windows software
and not everything will run in wine

SandsOfArrakis 07-17-2014 02:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by John VV (Post 5205467)
just keep in mind that from time to time you might need to use Windows software
and not everything will run in wine
Correct, I have a Virtual Machine with Windows 7 installed here in Linux. Just for Microsoft Office 2013 (I have an Office 365 account) and Newsleecher. Other Windows programs and a few games that I use do run nicely through Wine :)

SimonDevine 06-28-2018 05:47 PM
I got fed up with Windows too. October 2016 was my seminal moment. It was just after the UK's NHS Ransomware attack. I'd been having problems anyway as I was still on XP.


I'd installed Slackware 8 back in 2001 and liked it with KDE.


October 2016 was the big switchover for me. It takes quite a while to change the mindset away from Windows but you'll never be bored with the challenges.


Good luck and stick at it. Once you get beyond the Blowing-it-all-to-Kingdom-Come-Regularly and you figure out what caused your Hiroshima events, you'll have a ball and realise that Linux at home is the Ultimate IT Playground.


Enjoy yourself!

linustalman 06-29-2018 05:16 AM
Greetings okcalibob. Leaving m$ was one of the best things I've done. :hattip:


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