“I’ve been running a dual-boot PC for more than a year. I
decided to install Linux on my main PC in the spring of 1999. I
carefully backed up every single item on my hard drives, worried
that I would end up losing everything. I installed Linux and made
sure the dual-boot part worked right.”
“For the first few months I spent most of my time on the Windows
side of the fence. I was familiar with Windows and found Linux hard
to learn in many ways.”
“But anything that is both new and different is likely to be
hard to learn. After six months I realized I was running Linux most
of the time. After a year, it was clear that Windows had a
definite place on my main PC, but it was a secondary place. By
doing all my writing, e-mail and Web browsing under Linux, I have
been able to get a lot more done — Linux just runs and runs
without crashing or running out of memory — and I’ve been able to
squeeze out more time for a family life.“