Last year I got a new computer with WIN7 too and got rid of it within two weeks. Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > > On 12/15/2012 12:30 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 06:49:48PM -0700, joe@actionline.com wrote: >> >>> Thanks to all for all the suggestions. After wasting several days trying >>> figure out M$ convoluted maze, I finally found a free utility called >>> partition wizard that installed and instantly fixed the problem. >>> >>> It is incomprehensible and unconscionable that M$ is so determined to >>> make >>> everything so impossibly convoluted and difficult. Viva Linux. >>> >> I completely agree. My step daughter moved in for a few weeks and I got >> to play with her Win7 netbook. After two days of wrestling with the way >> M$ wanted you to do things, I said thanks but no thanks, and that was >> with her showing me how and me reading a big manual she had with her. >> >> God how I love my Debian and it's not a matter of what I'm used to! >> > > I can sympathize. Last January I bought a computer that came with windows > 7. I tried it for about a month and was thoroughly disgusted with how > difficult everything was in windows 7. M$ made it so ******* difficult to > network two computers together. In xp it was a simple task. Also some > games I have don't run right on 7. I ended up getting rid of 7 and putting > xp on the machine. Then in November I got tired of xp, removed it and > replaced it with kubuntu and I'm happy with it. > > You say you run Debian. How does Debian differ from ubuntu/kubuntu? > > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >