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LOL - Sometimes...
... I wonder if LD is an MS employee instead of just being a mindless sycophant.

In my case it was my underwhelming experience with XP that convinced me to switch. After the Nth re-install of XP (to fix my BSOD problem) I finally got a message from MS that said, in effect, "you have tried to register this software so many times we believe you are a pirate so call MS to get the registration key." - even though the IP address + h/w configuration had not changed (I was trying to re-install on the same PC). I rang the MS number and explained my situation. To their credit, I was given a key by a bored sounding support person with no further questions.

After that I vowed if it BSOD again (as it did) I would move to Linux (as I did). Primarily, although I had paid for XP some years earlier (full install) and I was trying to re-install it legitimately, I was still made to feel as if I was somehow doing something wrong by the over-zealous software.

Since moving to Linux (Ubuntu, although did look at dreamlinux) I haven't looked back. I should have made the move to Linux earlier and so I cannot criticise anyone who baulks at making the change; but I can strongly recommend making the move.

If you're like me and want to "test the water" then simply download the ISO, burn a CD and then boot into Ubuntu (or Knoppix or dreamlinux or...) FROM THE CD and try it out. When you shut down and take out the CD you will find your windows installation untouched.

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Mike Cox must be out of town with his MS rep...  James T. Kirk | 04/19/07
that was priceless!  galileon | 04/19/07
Ubuntu 'Feisty Fawn' released, hit by traffic  Loverock Davidson | 04/19/07
Ohh, Checky!  rfdparker2002 | 04/19/07
I'd rather take  Loverock Davidson | 04/19/07
Ohh, Checky!  joe6pack_z | 04/23/07
"This isn't right. This isn't even wrong" [W. Pauli]  BanjoPaterson | 04/19/07
I Second that  rfdparker2002 | 04/19/07
LOL - Sometimes...  BanjoPaterson | 04/19/07
Looks like he could get a job at Micro$oft then.  handydan918 | 04/20/07
Name calling  Loverock Davidson | 04/19/07
... And Yet No Rational Rebutt to Any of my Points  BanjoPaterson | 04/20/07
Why would I waste my time?  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/07
When you start the Debate  bka1959 | 04/20/07
This is so out in left field....  teddybairs1 | 04/19/07
It looks pretty accurate to me  Loverock Davidson | 04/19/07
EITHER You Are a Super Brilliant Satirist Who has Fooled Us All OR...  BanjoPaterson | 04/20/07
Or I'm right  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/07
Please point to  Freebird54 | 04/20/07
Reality  gotitright | 04/20/07
I'm Just Trying to help you  boilers78 | 04/23/07
Calm down.  miyojim | 04/23/07
And still can't back his claims...  devlin_X | 04/22/07
Even MS is running Linux....  deefburger | 04/23/07
Not even surprising  cls@... | 04/24/07
Wow...  khorsia | 04/20/07
Strange  ajole | 04/20/07
Damn shame  devlin_X | 04/22/07
We don't know anything 'crashed'  cls@... | 04/24/07
feisty fawn  C. A. Clark | 04/19/07
Fawns are hunted animals  Loverock Davidson | 04/19/07
Hunted?  zkiwi | 04/19/07
WRONG!  galileon | 04/19/07
reading ext2 on windows  sjaaxken | 04/20/07
The truth about time...  John Le'Brecage | 04/20/07
Oh how you still get it wrong  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/07
you're funny  sjaaxken | 04/20/07
Yer funny  Sabz5150 | 04/20/07
Number fudgiing  Freebird54 | 04/20/07
Boy! Are you ever out in left field!  I. Kidya Knott | 04/21/07
installation */Ubuntu vs. Windows  devlin_X | 04/22/07
facts  boilers78 | 04/23/07
Just curious...  four-eyes_z | 04/22/07
Fiesty an easy install  bobsherrill@... | 04/23/07
Only poachers hunt fawns you idiot  ajole | 04/20/07
Didn't Microsoft Have The Same Problem  itanalyst | 04/19/07
FUD  cls@... | 04/20/07
Speaking of FUD  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/07
errrrrr  sjaaxken | 04/20/07
Anti-Virus software  boilers78 | 04/23/07
Another useless peeing contest...  readwryt@... | 04/20/07
About INDUSTRIAL USES for LINUX  Old Timer 8080 | 04/23/07
Whlie I sometimes enjoy reading the crap, can't we get this guy banned?  ajole | 04/20/07
Another in denial  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/07
Hey, troll  bbbaldie_z | 04/20/07
Loverock is part right.  Zeppo9191 | 04/20/07
LD is great  Endoscopy | 04/20/07
You really think highly of yourself, lol  devlin_X | 04/22/07
I suggest boycott.  miyojim | 04/23/07
Consider the source (no compiling needed)  The_Curmudgeon | 04/20/07
Updates on Ubuntu are optional.  miyojim | 04/23/07
Know your subject matter.  gotitright | 04/20/07
Wrong. 3D is there  patibulo | 04/20/07
Yeah but..  Imitation | 04/20/07
And more than meets the eye  phburks | 04/20/07
Great article!  pjotr123 | 04/20/07
More like Faulty Fawn...  khorsia | 04/20/07
Maybe it's the virtual machine software, not Ubuntu  chemist109 | 04/20/07
ATI widescreen issues...  ajole | 04/20/07
This isn't an installation issue...  JCitizen | 05/01/07
Time to reset this post to 0  billy.cunha@... | 04/20/07
Middle is good...  JCitizen | 05/01/07
Ndiswrapper...  DanielB | 04/20/07
A partial solution to ndiswrapper  Old Timer 8080 | 04/23/07
My opposite experience  cls@... | 04/24/07
Feisty Fawn Shows it's mettle!  Old Timer 8080 | 04/23/07

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