My first year with Linux
As of December 25, 2008 it has been a year since I first installed a Linux distro on my home computer. With the help of my brother, I installed Debian based sidux and I have to say, I have been very pleased with the results. I thought I would share a few of my thoughts about my first full year of using Linux.
After years of using Windows, I was tired of the upkeep that was involved in maintaining the system. I constantly had to be on guard against viruses and spyware and had to run extra programs just to make sure my system stayed clean and uninfected with such trash. My brother had been telling me about Linux for a couple of years and finally convinced me to try it. The beauty was in the trying. He had a live CD of sidux, which is basically the operating system on a CD that can be booted up and used, without actually installing it on the hard drive. This allowed me to see what the system looked like and get a feel for what it was capable of. That was plus points right off the start. Let’s see you try that with Windows. Most Linux distros have live CDs available for download and it really does work. I chose sidux because that is what my brother was using, but there are any number of distros to choose from.
When I first installed Linux, it was on an older computer that I had been using for several years. One of the stipulations of the install was that Windows XP had to be accessible for my wife.
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