Mike54
October 20th, 2007, 12:02 PM
My very first experience with Linux was trying a Kubuntu 7.04 Live CD, on 16 September. I've used computers since the very early 80's, but I never gave any real thought to alternative operating systems.
Being concerned about whacking my computer, I did a Wubi install on 17 September. Until last evening, I had not booted into XP since 19 September. I decided to set a goal to be Windows-free by 1 January.
On a second computer, I did a Wubi install of Ubuntu 7.04. After a few days, I wiped Windows and went with a full 7.04 install. I upgraded that one to Gutsy on 14 October.
I hit a minor snag getting a Gutsy Live CD to boot on this computer, but this forum community pointed me in the right direction and I got it working. Gutsy recognized all my hardware, so I decided there was no reason to wait until January.
I booted into Windows, grabbed all my files and didn't look back. Within 30 minutes, I had wiped Windows off my drive and was logging into a full Gutsy installation.
I made it! No more Windows!! And I'm over 60 days ahead of my self-imposed schedule.
I want to say thanks to Canonical and this forum community for not only helping me discover an entirely new OS, but to get me fully migrated into it in just over a month.
Free at last...
Being concerned about whacking my computer, I did a Wubi install on 17 September. Until last evening, I had not booted into XP since 19 September. I decided to set a goal to be Windows-free by 1 January.
On a second computer, I did a Wubi install of Ubuntu 7.04. After a few days, I wiped Windows and went with a full 7.04 install. I upgraded that one to Gutsy on 14 October.
I hit a minor snag getting a Gutsy Live CD to boot on this computer, but this forum community pointed me in the right direction and I got it working. Gutsy recognized all my hardware, so I decided there was no reason to wait until January.
I booted into Windows, grabbed all my files and didn't look back. Within 30 minutes, I had wiped Windows off my drive and was logging into a full Gutsy installation.
I made it! No more Windows!! And I'm over 60 days ahead of my self-imposed schedule.
I want to say thanks to Canonical and this forum community for not only helping me discover an entirely new OS, but to get me fully migrated into it in just over a month.
Free at last...