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One of the best choices I've ever made was to stop using windows. I did this in the early part of 2002. I swtiched to linux and MAC. I can get things done in al
by noonespecial 16y ago
One of the best choices I've ever made was to stop using windows. I did this in the early part of 2002. I swtiched to linux and MAC. I can get things done in all 3 os's and when I was using Windows XP, I liked it. My XP machines were kept clean and fast and i knew my way around. I'm not an OS bigot or a Stallmaninte, I just took a job that was all unix and windows became cumbersome.
As XP receded into my rear-view, I found that I was able to start telling people "Oh, Windows, I don't know anything about that because I haven't used it since 2002. Sorry, I wish I could help." Now I can tell people I'm a computer guy, have a short conversation about the cool parts of the job, dodge the home computer questions in seconds and move on. Bliss.
- georgieporgie 16y agolinux and MAC Is that a subtle joke...?
- cosgroveb 16y agoI've noticed this is slowly becoming me. I actually don't know my way around Windows 7! It bothers me sometimes when I can't answer a question about someone's home computer (although I could still figure it out if pressed), but friends and family are less expecting of free tech support these days because I'm more willing to say "I don't know, sorry." They probably assume I'm bad at my "computer job" (programming) by now though...
- wazoox 16y agoThis story looks similar to mine, except that the last Windows version I really used was Win98SE. I even went further : for those of my family wanting my help, I made them switch to Linux and guess what? They never needed to call. It's not so much that Linux is unbreakable, but that they don't know how to install whatever stupid apps (laden with virus), they don't know how to upgrade their drivers (and they don't need to), etc.