switching to linux
AviDarik has a good series of posts on the experience of switching to linux from windows. Some interesting reading here… I agree with the conclusion wholeheatedly and it is my experience too.
This is an introduction to a series of posts I intend to write.
In this series I will journal my attempt to move from being a Windows XP user to a Linux user.I’ve started my dealings with computers with the Commodore 64, when I was 9 years old (Around 1986).
I’ve used it for a couple of years, exclusively for games. First with the good old audio tapes, and eventually even upgraded myself to 5.25″ floppy diskettes. Again, the C64 served me basically as a gaming console.
My parents, at some point, gave in to the modern era of the IBM compatible PCs. I wish I could remember what year that was - An educated guess would be around 1989, because I think I was 12 years old at the time.. But I could be off..
So I believe my first PC was a 286 AT machine, with a whopping 40MB HD..
Yet again, I’ve used it almost exclusively for gaming.
As time went by, the PC was upgraded here and there - 386, 486, Pentium etc.. And also with time, my PC administration skills have grown steadily.
Nothing like programming or anything, but everything that REVOLVES around playing games.
Start from post one