I have been relying on an older distro of PCLinuxOS during my interrupted transition between XP to W7.
(My bleeding-edge A8N32-SLI DELUXE with Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64 dual-core goes unrecognized by my $300, full-install W7)
Been a month or more, now, that I’ve been freeloading with Linux (again). Uncomplicated and pleasant, it has been. Except when things go awry…like, “Failed to open file:///root/tmp/13%20We%20Three%20Kings%20 of%20Orient%20Are-l.ogg. Which, the PhDs will see, was a simple musical; and, would point out, that, “All you have to do is…just…and only…”, except that I don’t have even an Associate’s.
Shame. I am fond of this distro. Grabbed everything, first time, including no-frills HP printer-driver. Up and running, like, right now. Even has spell-check for email. Has big, cheery icons. Neat music when it opens. Loads fast; and, if I want, verbose manner. When it’s done loading, it’s really done and ready to go (no interminably blinking cursor). And, of course, I am immune to bad guys.
My secret, though, is I miss the rough and tumble of the Windows world — staying ahead of crocodiles. Alert to threats. On top of TechNet. This here OS is like a backwater. Ain’t nothing happening!
