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John O'Connell, tumbleblogging from London.

40's, educated, cultured, green activist, geek, and motorcycle nut .... Into art, culture, philosophy, bikes, protesting about everything, linux computing, environmental issues, alternative fuels, minimalism, anti-consumerism, liberalism, screwing with the system and generally messing with your head. Oh, and cats.

Mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before.
So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome.
Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience.
And if it hurts, you know what? ... It's probably worth it.

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Jul 26

Trying To Figure Why Users Stick With micro$oft …

… Because you run Windows instead of a proper system like Linux.

Make Your Computer Really Fast - An Effective, Simple, & Safe Way to Improve Your PC Performance!

… Yeah, install a Linux Distro like Ubuntu.

I’m constantly being called by family and friends to bitch and whine about how their Windows boxes (yeah, even the much-heralded ‘7’) keep f*&^ing up, crashing, letting viruses through, not connecting with the Net and generally being a piece of expensive sh!te.

My Linux system hasn’t crashed since.. well, ever - nor has it ever been turned off for about 6 months - even for program and system updates.

If you have never though of using Linux, remember this - you probably already are. Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Facebook, all use Linux servers.

And if you think a slightly ‘geeky’ operating system must be ugly, this is my current screenshot:

Xubuntu 10, running XFCE, Chrome skins, Conky, Dock, Cadmium theme with Agua windows. [Select image for larger version..]

Try it, and you’ll never look back.