The excitement of a new operating system used to get me enthused. However, Microsoft crushed that years ago, maybe right after the Rolling Stones sang the introduction to Windows 95. It’s been a long time since I took time to configure a computer and install an operating system. Welcome to Linux.
I recently became fascinated with the idea of resurrecting an old computer and using Linux to do so. One, I could use the computer that was sitting dormant. Two, it would give me a chance to finally experiment with this operating system I’ve heard of. Three, I am curious about playing with the raspberry pi.
The installation of Linux Mint was not too difficult. However I say that only after knowing what I went through to figure out how to successfully install the program.
The hardest part was getting a successful download. I did try to download other versions of Linux with no success. During the installation, and I am still not sure where I went wrong, I managed to lose my Windows boot capabilities. I can see a partition hard drive when the system comes back up but I do not understand why. So my advice is the very very careful during the install.
I am NOT ready to try to do it on another computer for fear of repeating whatever mistake I made. Fortunately though, the data is still there.
The small netbook run much faster and overall I am impressed with Linux. Even more impressive though is that it comes with all the tools I need to run and no additional cost.
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