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Windows User Experiments With Linux for 10 Days
An anonymous reader writes "Clarence Ladson over at Flexbeta decided to kick Windows to the curb for 10 days in an experiment to find out just how hard it would be to 'quit cold turkey' and move entirely to Linux. It's amazing how many day-to-day operations require the inadvertent use of Windows in our daily lives."
Just wait I managed to copy the text of the article....
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-> Hum must have went back to Windows and blue screened.
Windows is awesome, because it's already done being made.
Which is why there is Windows 95, 98, 98 2nd edition, 2000, 2003, XP, NT, 2003 gold enterprise server plus pack edition 2, endless huge service packs.
I also gotta ask, what kind of geek friends do yu have that only use Linux to "Tinker with an OS that gives you complete control of your Computer" Sheesh, you gotta get some better geek friends dude!
Computers are for serious work.
You elitist snob - my computer is for whatever I choose to use it for, and I'll not have anyone tell me different.
Ok ok, let me rephrase that on behalve of the grand-parent poster; computers are for serious work AND porn.
SCO employee? Check out the bounty
Obviously file size is an issue to someone with such a magnitude (number of atoms scale) of pr0n, as they would need to be compressed to smaller formats such as .wmv to keep storage costs minimal.
.wmvs are short clips from sites that only show a cumshot and fewer holes than you can find in links2; if you are truly serious about pr0n then you should know that it's not the size of the file, it's what's done in it. You may be happy with your cheap shots but the real quality is in the full-length mpegs.
However: the majority of
Guy asked me for a quarter for a cup of coffee. So I bit him.
Yes, but have you ever owned a Windows computer?
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Page two isn't much better:
Not only is it pretty much the most popular desktop environment available with this distro but it's also the most recommended to new users as it offers a very clean and attractive GUI (general user interface).
[..]we're a long way from a M$-free world.
Actually, we're there now, considering there is no company on the planet called 'M$'
BeauHD. Worst editor since kdawson.
pffft. pr0n IS serious work.
Microsoft Security Bulletin
MS08-021
Windows User Experiment Could Promote Linux Code Execution And Loss of Revenue (8399801)
Summary
Who should read this bulletin:
Users running Microsoft ® Windows ®
Impact of vulnerability:
Run code of users choice
Maximum Severity Rating:
Critical
Recommendation:
Windows Systems administrators should apply nicotine patch immediately.
It hasn't even murdered my family yet.
I've had the same problem. Do I need to change something in my control panel to get this feature to work?
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