Linux it's free... Good Thing

Glenn

"Almost as good" is your phrase, Glenn, not mine. I agree with most of the above posts. Linux is better at some things than Windows, worse at others, and for several it doesn't really make much of a difference to me.

I didn't exactly "switch" from Windows to Linux. I still use both. I use Linux for all my Internet stuff because of the whole virus-spyware thing. I got very tired of spending so much time updating antivirus-antispyware databases and scanning for infections. If I don't update at least once a week my antivirus program practically scolds me. I have better things to do with my computer time.

I have one specialty app for Windows that doesn't exist in Linux. I have another app that exists, but can't use my old Windows files. I would have to recreate everything with the Linux app, and I don't have the desire to do so. The Windows app works fine, so I use it. If I had the programming skills, I'd try my hand at writing an app for Linux. My skills are very out of date, so I don't.

I even have a couple of games I still fire up my Atari STe for. If I had the space, I'd spend some time playing "Star Raiders" on my Atari 800, the first computer I ever owned.

I operate a small farm in Central NY. I own two tractors. I use one for some things, and the other for other things. It all depends on which does the particular job best - and sometimes it doesn't really matter. I just LIKE using one better for a particular job. That's the way it is with my computers, too.

Why shouldn't it be so? Except for the trolls, who here is saying that one HAS to use one system to the exclusion of the other?

TJ