This blog is not really directed at anyone in particular, except perhaps those seeking answers to PC related problems. I'll be posting my solutions to problems as I find them, so I have a place I can find my solutions later. If they help you, that's great. If they don't sorry, so keep 'googling'. If you have a constructive comment, I'd love to hear it. If you are a 'hater', you are not welcome here and you will be blocked.
I have several children and as such I have many PCs. I always build my PCs as I get what I want for a fraction of the price of a 'brand name' PC. Of course, having many PCs with several kids as users, I get many problems I must fix, ugh..
Recently 3 of these PCs would make themselves unusable on an almost daily basis. I think the culprit was a 64 bit Windows 7 update, as my 32 bit Windows 7 still runs fine.
Anyway, I got incredibly sick of a daily PC fix using System Restore (if it worked) or having to do a complete reinstall. Therefore I thought I would go back and try Linux as it's free, much more resistant to viruses, reliable and very secure.
I hadn't really used Linux much for many years but I had started with it back around 1993. Back then, getting your mouse to work was something to brag about! Since then each time I tried Linux, it was better in user-friendliness.
I would not recommend Linux to newbies (new computers users) as I don't want to have train people.
Having heard of many people's dislike of the new Unity interface in Ubuntu Linux, I went with Linux Mint. I have to say I am loving how far Linux has come in only a few years. Here are some of my reasons:
- It boots VERY fast (in seconds, not minutes),
- It auto-detects and uses new hardware quickly, if not instantly,
- It's reliable (not one system crash yet),
- Most software is free and is easy to get.
- A usable and compatible Office is included,
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