Jul

31

ubuntu our new laptop OS

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I’ve always hated paying Microsoft $100 to upgrade to their new OS.  I’ve been paying for upgrades since the early DOS days.  Now there’s a FREE alternative and we’ve taken it, so far so good.  I only needed an OS so that we can surf the web and send email on an 8 year old laptop and ubuntu was thew solution.  It was the easiest install I’ve ever had not like Windows where you have to answer questions for hours and you still have to tweak it so your there behind the computer for hours. 

We actually installed xubuntu since our laptop was an older machine and resourses were slim.  xubuntu is so easy even Becky learned how to use what she needed quickly.  The best part is that it’s FREE and works Great…  Yes, it’s linux and it’s simple, stable and we love it.  If you have an old PC and wat to just surf the web try this.  Your web browser is Mozilla FireFox and your email program is Mozilla Thunderbird.  Both were easy to set up and run.  Long live Linux.