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madokie

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20. Its been pretty close to that long for me too

Reply to L0oniX (Reply #18)

Sun Sep 28, 2014, 07:59 PM

Sep 2014

I wouldn't, couldn't, even entertain the thought of using any other OS. I like it and it does what I want done with a computer
I have family who still use windows and I offer to fix their madness for them but so far none has taken me up on it. When my wife bought a laptop I put ubuntu on it for her. She uses windblows at work and can't believe how much better she likes the Linux OS. No crashes where at work with windows its a pretty regular occurrence. I think they use windows 7 but not 100%sure of that

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Microsoft Indonesia president: Windows 9 will be free to Windows 8 owners [View all] steve2470 Sep 2014 OP

Good for Andreas Diantoro! I wonder if this will be true world-wide. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #1

Probably not in the US. Warpy Sep 2014 #2

I dunno. dballance Sep 2014 #4

To hell with organized religion! randome Sep 2014 #3

The latest scuttlebutt is that it will be a subscription like Office 365 PSPS Sep 2014 #5

A subscription OS is not an option for me. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #6

FREEDOM!!! FrodosPet Sep 2014 #7

Yep, LibreOffice is one I'm testing. eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #10

LibreOffice is excellent ...install LibreOffice Base too if ya need a data base. L0oniX Sep 2014 #19

yea a subscription Windows would give me very serious pause steve2470 Sep 2014 #8

Microsoft sounds like they are abandoning the consumer market. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #9

agreed Locrian Sep 2014 #12

Adobe is going full subscription on their design suites. No purchased copies anymore. nt Logical Sep 2014 #14

Well I'm certainly not buying another Windows OS RedCappedBandit Sep 2014 #11

Not a great average end user OS but for the leaning geeky people it is great. nt Logical Sep 2014 #13

Ubuntu is an awesome OS madokie Sep 2014 #16

Just up'd from 12.04 to 14.04 ...been using Ubuntu for over 7 years. L0oniX Sep 2014 #18

Its been pretty close to that long for me too madokie Sep 2014 #20

Heh ...I run WinXP in VirtualBox to run any old shit I still occasionally need... L0oniX Sep 2014 #23

My apologies madokie Sep 2014 #24

The Surface 3 is a nice device. We are evaluating them as iPad replacements. But Windows 8 is an.... Logical Sep 2014 #15

Mean while everyone else has moved on to Ubuntu. L0oniX Sep 2014 #17

Ubuntu is a great OS! Rex Sep 2014 #22

8 is a piece of crap, you have to have 8.1 for it to even work properly. Rex Sep 2014 #21