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[inparticolare]

Hey all
I'm considering switching over to linux. Can anyone give me some help doing so?
email arobotar at gmail dot com

Thanks!

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[dreameroftheday]

why?

[inparticolare]

Because Windows destroys my soul.

[lopukhov]

That's what I said last year! And nobody helped me :(.

SQUEE KITTENS! SO FUCKING CUTE!

[inparticolare]

I know! I wrote to the resident computer consultants on campus and a lot of them offered to help, but some of them called me totally crazy!!

I KNOW AREN'T THEY!

[lopukhov]

I adore you too! And I think I said something to that effect to You-Know-Who by accident!

Did you get my e-mail about my cousin? He might be able to help you.

I think I'm going to sell out and buy a mac mini, though.

It takes an army of kittens to bring down capitalists!

[lopukhov]

Have I mentioned how much I ADORE your 'Kitten Army' icon?

[inparticolare]

Have I mentioned how much I ADORE you??? :D:D:D:D

[anonymous]

Don't. No compatibility.

Besides that... use Redhat Linux, Wine to emulate windows, and I forget the rest.

[inparticolare]

Curiousity: who are you?

[anonymous]

redhat sucks. it tries to do everything for you and fails.

use ubuntu if you want it to do everything for you; use debian if you don't but you're lazy; use slackware if you don't and you want to learn about your computer.

[phlipp]

Well, your Coke comment led me here, so I'll answer your question. Linux is nice as long as your willing to go out on a limb a little bit. I like (and use) Ubuntu cause they keep it simple.
You can download it here:http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/CDs/5.10/ or if you're not too good with computers post a reply and I can arrange for someone to give you a copy of the CD.

If you're not willing to make the jump (it can be scary) you can always take a small step and try Open Office, which is a nice alternative to Microsoft Office and can do the same tasks. You can get it here: http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.2/index.html