Re: Got my parent to switch to Linux
- From: Mike <Not@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:17:08 GMT
Apr 29: Responding to Allan...
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Anyone who says Linux is harder to use than Windows certainly haven'tAs mentioned in a previous thread, Dell is considering preinstalling some
seen a lot of the more modern distros targeted to be usuable for the
not-so-literate computer users, like Mandrake and Ubuntu.
version of Linux on new machines. You could wait for this and tell your
mother to buy a new laptop. If you have to reinstall Windows XP (sp2) every
few months that is rediculous and unacceptable. I hope you mean a "repair"
install and not a full format and reinstall.
There are too many things that stay SNAFUed if you just "repair" things with an over-install.
And given how much junk soaks into Windows systems and how
many nasties infest it almost as soon as it sees a network
connection, wiping and starting again with a fresh install
each time might be the better option?
Or better still, a fresh install of anything else but Windows. ;)
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