> > I've been where you are now Rosemary and I can tell you I did " go back > to windows ", that is until I hit their first freeze at about 5minutes > in wanting to format a simple word document. > > It then dawned on me that though Mandrake was not going along as easy as > some of the stuff I was used to, at least it was going along AND I was > able to fix things there and then. > > So do pop back to windows for a look see and while it is loading try to > recall why it was you needed to look at something different.
Yes - when I went back to print a letter head I was *amazed* how long it took to load. > > Isn't Linux now worth the effort ? > > Example: Thunderbird won't cross link but kmail will - beats Outlook > Express injecting you with a virus then abandoning you by reverting to > the dreaded BSOD from where there is only usually one come back. Hadn't used Outlook Express for a long time anyway, getting used to kmail now. > > Reboot. > > Bye Bye all loaded pages I haven't yet read. ( Thankfully I now use > Mozilla both here and in Windows - so when that system crashes I still > have a decent history bar (F9) to get my unread pages back. ) > > Bottom line, use the apps that work in Linux for now and stick to > configuring one preferred app at a time. You get to learn Linux and end > up with the exact app you want. > Good advice - thanks Rosemary
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