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:Distro Hopping All the Way Back to Windows XP
Distro Hopping All the Way Back to Windows XP
Jan 4, 2008, 04 :00 UTC (25 Talkback[s]) (8159 reads)

(Other stories by Marc Fearby)

"This past week I have evaluated five Linux distributions to see if any of them would make suitable replacements for Windows XP so that I could avoid Vista. Sadly, Linux proved to be far more finicky and troublesome than I expected. Take it from me, if Windows XP is behaving itself, then don't try to fix what ain't broken; stick with what works!

"It all started out on Boxing Day when I installed Kubuntu 7.10, which I chose because I prefer KDE, but also because of name recognition; I've heard good things about Ubuntu so Kubuntu must be good, too. Right? Wrong...!"

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If I write some complete tripe about som ...   Linux Today editorial standards   
Mark
Jan 4, 2008, 04:26:41
 
Most articles linked on here suffer from ...   Re: Linux Today editorial standards   
Kirk
Jan 4, 2008, 05:13:07
 
Hey Brian:What's with all these stup ...   Re: blogs   
Chuck Davis
Jan 4, 2008, 05:25:47
 
Although the article was not "profession ...   Distro hopping ...   
n-raj
Jan 4, 2008, 05:34:50
 
>> After this fiasco, I began to doubt P ...   Poor Marc not-on-your-life Fearby (learn MS)   
Jose_X
Jan 4, 2008, 07:03:10
 
In a way he's right. If you feel ext ...   "if Windows XP is behaving itself, then don't   
Peter N. M. Hansteen
Jan 4, 2008, 07:07:31
 
The majority of the persons complaints a ...   They are working hard now to find things to fault.   
Jimmy the Geek
Jan 4, 2008, 09:28:18
 
> The majority of the persons complaints ...   Re: They are working hard now to find things to fa   
Tony OBryan
Jan 4, 2008, 13:25:33
 
...Every six months I find myself as wel ...   Re: Distro hopping ...   
GreyGeek
Jan 4, 2008, 13:48:45
 
and that is that Joe and Sally SixPack c ...   The author ignores one glaring point ....   
GreyGeek
Jan 4, 2008, 14:09:01
 
> Although the article was not "professi ...   Re: Distro hopping ...   
Wogster
Jan 4, 2008, 14:50:16
 
I first discovered LinuxToday back when  ...   Re: Linux Today editorial standards   
pontke
Jan 4, 2008, 15:41:35
 
Whenever I can, I always recommend peopl ...   Re: The author ignores one glaring point ....   
IMQ
Jan 4, 2008, 16:01:41
 
problem was screwing around trying to ge ...   Ninety percent of this guy's   
Richard Steven Hack
Jan 4, 2008, 20:17:55
 
> Many are complaining about the content ...   Re: Re: Linux Today editorial standards   
beerintrousers
Jan 4, 2008, 21:46:01
 
This past week I have evaluated five Lin ...   " Hopping" = 5 distos within 1 week   
Bernard Swiss
Jan 4, 2008, 23:11:44
 
I'll disagree with the fanb0yz on th ...   The author was right   
Fred G
Jan 4, 2008, 23:42:04
 
After all that effort... maybe it just w ...   Distro Hopping   
cygen
Jan 4, 2008, 23:46:18
 
OK, so the message is this?The typical & ...   Basic first time "End User" feed back.   
linux23dragon
Jan 5, 2008, 03:07:24
 
>> I've been looking elsewhere for n ...   Re: Re: Linux Today editorial standards   
Jose_X
Jan 5, 2008, 08:02:36
 
>> Yep, that is true. The less you know  ...   Re: Basic first time   
Jose_X
Jan 5, 2008, 08:19:17
 
> and that is that Joe and Sally SixPack ...   Re: The author ignores one glaring point ....   
rabid hamster
Jan 5, 2008, 23:48:10
 
> 2) The need to reboot all the time, yo ...   Re: Re: Distro hopping ...   
rabid hamster
Jan 6, 2008, 01:11:34
 
Sid Boyce left a comment on the article& ...   Laptops w/o MS installed   
blackhole
Jan 6, 2008, 02:52:43
 
Grey GeekI usually enjoy your comments.  ...   Re:Re:distro Hopping   
YetAnotherBob
Jan 7, 2008, 02:08:05
 
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