Recently I had to downgrade a pirated version of Windows 7 Ultimate to a legal copy of Windows 7 Professional. Naturally, I went to the Microsoft website to find out information about installing Windows 7 Professional over Windows 7 Ultimate. A downgrade. The verdict from information on the Microsoft website? "It's impossible." Yes,...
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Wow! Need I say more? I guess I should. I have been using FreeSpire ever since it came out a few months ago and I haven't tried another Linux OS since (although I have looked at PCBSD, I like what I saw there but it wasn't enough to wean me out of FreeSpire.) To make matters even better, Jasp (Andrew Betts from the UK) provided us...
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Be advised this post is for the layman. No technobable here. If you want technobable and to learn more about FreeSpire click here to visit the FreeSpire website. I have been saying that Linux is not yet ready for the desktop, mostly because of driver problems, and the ugly fonts—especially when browsing. FreeSpire has changed my...
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I don't care how many times Linux fanatics beat their chests decrying the lack of adoption of Linux by the masses. Linux on the desktop is just not ready for "prime time." I have been using Linux since Mandrake 9.1 and computers since 1984, so I know what I am talking about when I say Linux is not ready for the desktop. The...
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