Guest gooseborg@gmail.com Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Re: Advice for Escaping Windows in Favour of Linux On Sep 25, 4:58 pm, The Ghost In The Machine <ew...@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote: > In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz > <newsgro...@schestowitz.com> > wrote > on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:30:29 +0100 > <4568605.onuEIfV...@schestowitz.com>: > > > How to Quit Windows and cope with Windows Withdrawal Syndrome > > > ,----[ Quote ] > > | Now that you have decided to quit Windows for good and > > | to switch over to a Desktop Linux Distribution, following > > | these basic steps will help you a lot. Initially, a basic > > | knowledge about GNU/Linux is important. What is it really > > | and how does it differ from Windows? > > `---- > > >http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=307 > > Heh. A few notes. > > [1] Intel, if I'm not totally mistaken, is on record as > supporting Linux. Admittedly, a quick Google coughed > up only a video and a wireless driver or two, and this > three-year-old article: > > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5161041.html > > A search on Intel's website also coughed up their C++ compiler, > a performance analyzer (VTune), a math kernel library > (not sure if that's kernel as in Linux, kernel as in core, > or kernel as in kerning transformations), a Fortran compiler, > a threading library, and a whole lot of other stuff -- 12900 > in all, if the count's accurate. > > Kudos to Intel. > > [2] Drafts aren't hard on Linux, even if one is using gedit. > CUPS is also very capable, if one wants to print them later. > > [3] I'm not sure I like the notion of destroying Windows > install CDs (I'm a pack rat; I admit it :-) )...the > temptation is there, admittedly, but they'll also grow > stale anyway. I have some Win95 stuff flying about, and > even older Win3.1 installation packs. Do I use them? No. > Still, for those of a certain mindset, it's probably best > to put them out of reach, and if that involves destroying > them, so be it. > > [4] "Back up and format" is an interesting requirement, > but how does one restore later on? The article could be > clearer on this. The good news: anyone familiar with DVD > or CD burning software should be able to burn a DVD or CD > that Linux can read, and I would be surprised if Linux > can't read the Microsoft extensions (Joliet is the only > one I'm somewhat familiar with). Or one can use ancient > 1.44 MB floppies, or even tape drives, in a pinch. > > [5] As usual, the author(s) confuse Linux, the kernel, with > an arbitrary Linux-based distribution. *shrug* > > [6] There is no mention of how to avoid Windows in > new equipment, but that's probably beyond the scope of > the article anyway. One of Microsoft's more insidious > "innovations", after all, is the bundling of Windows > on prepackaged PCs. Even if one later wipes Windows, > Microsoft still gets paid. > > (lucky bastards :-) ) > > -- > #191, ewi...@earthlink.net > Linux. Because life's too short for a buggy OS. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Has anyone ever told you Ghost In The Machine, that you are exceedingly B---O----R----I----N----G !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why must you write a dissertation with every response?
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