[ale] If you must restore a windows computer, how do you make it better?

[Paul Cartwright]

On Thu October 15 2009, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> * I say Ubuntu because Ubuntu is what I use, and it is a complete
> operating system combined with a functional (most of the time, at least
> I find more frequently than Windows) operating environment and a good
> choice of software.

I have a 3-year old Dell XPS laptop that is dual-boot XP & Ubuntu. I've tried 
I don't know how many other distros ( I have a separate /home, so it is 
easy..) but I always seem to go back to ubuntu, because of networking issues. 
I've tried Debian & Simply Mempis recently, and I've always had networking 
problems, either wifi won't work, or wired won't work. Ubuntu works for both, 
flawlessly from bootup. I think Mempis destroyed my /home setup, because the 
latest ubuntu 9.10 beta I installed 2 days ago, thunderbird was empty, it 
started up the new user procedure, like I didn't have any accounts. oh well.. 
at least I have a keepassX database I can load into it that has all my 
username/password combos:) XP I USED to need because, strangley enough, I was 
installing Redhat servers with a kickstart CD. kickstart.exe is a windows 
program.. go figure!!!!

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Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800
Registered Ubuntu User #12459