Re: Need opinions on switching from Windows to Linux

"Darrell Stec" <darrell_stec@webpagesorcery.com> wrote in
message
news:47d0f66b$0$24079$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> philo wrote:
>
> >
> > "Spin" <Spin@spin.com> wrote in message
> > news:6395ccF26hkpqU1@mid.individual.net...
> >> Gurus,
> >>
> >> I've been a Microsoft Windows user for the past ten years.  In
fact I'm
a
> >> Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.  I am tired of Microsoft
moving
the
> >> locations of tools around with each new OS, plus I am tired of
them
> > renaming
> >> tools, removing things and changing the interface "look and
feel"
without
> >> leaving the option to go back to the old look.  These things
didn't
> >> bother me so much in my younger days but as I get older, they are
> >> starting to.
> >>
> >> Maybe the different flavors of Linux are the same way but I am
very
close
> > to
> >> ordering a new machine running Linux from Dell.
> >>
> >> My worries are as follows:
> >>
> >> 1) I will become frustrated in trying to learn a whole new OS
before
> >> discovering it's true power.
> >> 2) All my colleagues run Windows and Microsoft Office
applications.  I
> >> obviously can't install Microsoft Office in Linux so I'm not sure
what
to
> > do
> >> about that.
> >> 3) Anything else I need to worry about?
> >>
> >> Perhaps I can maintain my Microsoft Windows skills while picking
up
Linux
> >> skills.
> >>
> >
> >
> > I've been dual booting for years and I suggest you do the same.
> > I seriously doubt if the day will come where I use either OS
exclusively.
> >
> > Many MS apps will run in Linux using WINE.
> > (I don't know if Office will run in WINE or not)
> >
>
> Yes it will if you do not use the latest/greatest version that comes out
> twice a year.  It will also run Quickbooks, but again not the
> latest/greatest version.  And Flight Navigator.  And....(never mind, the
> list is too long).
>
> > Anyway, that said...it is fairly easy to get newer versions of
Windows
> > back to the behavior and look of previous operating systems.
> >
> > I did a test install of Vista and turned the whole thing back to the
> > classic GUI that win2k uses.
> > (BTW: I always set both XP and Vista to "best performance"
in the
control
> > panel)
> >
> > If someone were using either my Win2k, XP or Vista machine,
> > they could barely tell the difference
> >
> > here is my Vista desktop
> >
> > http://www.plazaearth.com/philo/vista.jpg
>
> Shouldn't the Computer icon be changed to My Computer?  Naturally you got
a
> photo release from the person who is sipping what looks like a beer?
>
>

<snip>

I suppose I could have snitched a few icons from my win2k machine...
but felt no need to go that far.

As to the photo release form: I don't need no stinkin' photo release form
from my own GF <G>
BTW: That's high octane coffee in that cup. We are both *serious* coffee
drinkers.
We gave up the booze quite a few years ago!