I have come to find that I really enjoy working with computers. So far, I am having a lot of fun learning about them, how they work, and all the different things that you can do with them.
For example, I have this really old laptop that is really slow. I loaded Windows XP Professional on it a while back, which is what it was "made for" and it was just so slow . Anyways, I was really fed up with how slow it was being, and there wasn't anything on it that I felt was important, so I decided to load Linux on it.
I did some research, and I decided to load Debian Linux. I really have no reason other than from what I read, it has been a very stable version of Linux for a long time.
I was kinda scared at first, I have never really played around with any other operating system since I used a Mac in elementary school, and a little bit in college. I am not a huge Mac fan.
Anyways, it was really easy to load, and I have had a lot of fun learning how to use it. They have made it pretty user friendly with their desktop environment, and learning to use it as a more advanced user has been a lot of fun.
I would recommend Linux to anyone who has an older computer that needs some work, and won't run a newer version of windows. Those older versions of windows were not very stable anyways.
I have discovered that there is free software out there that allows you to run a "virtual machine" on your current operating system. As it stands now, I plan on using said software to test out Ubuntu and Fedora Linux as well...
Wish me luck!
Always
T. Adam Martin
2 years ago
