Now everybody, let rip and put the boot, elbow, fist, whatever in. Kick my skinny a$$.
For what I use my PC for, mainly research, literature, music, physics, etc I find, yes, "choke, gasp in horror", that Linux (Linux Mint 17 "Mate") is much quicker, far more stable, and despite the lack of games (not really interested anyway) is, probably for a while, the OS I will use.
But, dear old XP sits on a spare hard disk in my desk drawer and probably will be put in and used again. (hard disk change on a Dell Optiplex GX270 takes about three minutes).
Horses for courses I suppose. I find even the "biggie" of Office Suites (Libre Office) is up and running in six seconds with Linux.
Pro and Con. XP or Linux.
Now that I have painted a huge target on my shirt, fire away. Gimmie hell. !
Cheers,
Aunty Jack.
For what I use my PC for, mainly research, literature, music, physics, etc I find, yes, "choke, gasp in horror", that Linux (Linux Mint 17 "Mate") is much quicker, far more stable, and despite the lack of games (not really interested anyway) is, probably for a while, the OS I will use.
But, dear old XP sits on a spare hard disk in my desk drawer and probably will be put in and used again. (hard disk change on a Dell Optiplex GX270 takes about three minutes).
Horses for courses I suppose. I find even the "biggie" of Office Suites (Libre Office) is up and running in six seconds with Linux.
Pro and Con. XP or Linux.
Now that I have painted a huge target on my shirt, fire away. Gimmie hell. !
Cheers,
Aunty Jack.
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