Re: windows or linux??

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andrea wrote:
A my friend tell me about a free (0$) and open sources operative
system called Ubuntu Linux! according to he, ubuntu is simple,
compatible and nice like windows!
And it haves more features!! Is FREE, unaffectable by viruses,
stable (no more crash a ancd blue screen of death) and more...
By the way, i ask to you which are the really reasons to use the
wonderful and easy Windows now i'm a satisfied windows user.
according to you, I would have to change to linux (or not)? Why?
Thanks a lot!!
Go to www.ubuntu.com and order the 6.06 CD. They will send it to you
free and pay the postage. Set your BIOS to boot from the CDROM and
stick the CD in. You can test it out and see if your hardware checks
out without installing it.
And often, it doesn't. I have yet to get Linux of any common version
to boot on my XPS 410. It happily boots...until...lock up.

Have you given Ubuntu a try? I'm not saying it'll work as I know how
finicky Linux can be with certain hardware, but Ubuntu's got the
best/easiest install I've seen to date.






PClinuxos is another good one. I have Ubuntu on one machine, Ubuntu on another and Win XP on another. PClinux is by far the fastest.
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