I'm awaiting the arrival of my next desktop
PC: I will install Linux and am rather looking
forward to The Switch. I'm prepared for a few
teething problems - getting the digital camera
to upload pics, getting the wireless network
card working, that sort of thing. Although apparently
Linux is pretty good at that stuff these days.
It will be nice to be rid of the disaster that
is Windows XP, let me
explain why.
On the other hand, Linux is a vastly superior
operating system and improving fast. I tried
it a few years ago, but the apps were not quite
there. These days Linux, and the apps that run
on it, is, for increasing numbers of people,
the best system.
I'll write more here soonish, to give my impressions
of installing and using Linux. Meanwhile, see
open source software
and Mozilla.