or ‘How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love (well, at least not hate) XP’
Monday 12 June 2006
by Carl Bateman
I hate M$, really hate it, hate it with a passion. I would dearly love to use Linux for many reasons, because it’s Open Source, to play with all those lovely toys I’ve read so much about (programming tools, OpenGL, etc.), just to try it out to see what all the fuss is about, to bask in the Nirvana that is Linux, because it’s not M$.
From time to time I try to install Linux. Over the last three or four years I’ve made about ten attempts on two different desktop (...)
I’m very happy for your success in installing Linux, but as I state in the article, the success of others doesn’t help me in the slightest. And being told how "simple" it is just rubs salt into the wound.
The article is based on my experiences over the last couple of years, my most recent installation attempt was two weeks ago. As you rightly point out, from my experiences it is clear that the situation hasn’t improved much over the last five years.