HP_on_Linux
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Hi everyone,
Let me tell you a little about myself.
I went to college for Computer Networking/Repair but worked in sales after college becoming a Assistant DM by 24, shortly after I had a bad motorcycle wreck and ended my working carreer.
All is good I'm alive with wife and kids so life goes on.
I was introduced to Novell Linux in college, one of our professors was a Linux/Macintosh buff and I liked the interface. I like being able to use command prompts guess I got a little geek in me lol. Anyway after college I didn't do much with computers except for keeping track of sales and sending reports for several years basicly forgetting what I learned in college.
Then about 3 years ago a friend of mine sent me a disc with Damn Small Linux and I played with it some but stuck with the lazy man system Windows cause I couldn't afford a Mac, I really like Mac X OS.
I recently aquired a free laptop a HP Pavilion dv6 with 4GB Ram and a AMD triple core processor. It had a fried hard disc and couldn't recognize any OS. I replaced the hard drive with a new blank drive and downloaded Ubuntu Linux at a friends advise, I love it. My new laptop boots in under a minute and I am getting used to the interface fast.
I tried installing Ubuntu as a dual boot on my Compaq running Win 7 (first computer I ever bought new lol) but it keeps stopping the commands and won't partion and load. So I got two laptops for now plus my wife's netbook and my son has my old Win Vista Acer laptop (also given to me thinking it was broke) learning how to repair computers has got it's perks.
Who else is running Linux and likes it better than Windows?
Let me tell you a little about myself.
I went to college for Computer Networking/Repair but worked in sales after college becoming a Assistant DM by 24, shortly after I had a bad motorcycle wreck and ended my working carreer.
All is good I'm alive with wife and kids so life goes on.
I was introduced to Novell Linux in college, one of our professors was a Linux/Macintosh buff and I liked the interface. I like being able to use command prompts guess I got a little geek in me lol. Anyway after college I didn't do much with computers except for keeping track of sales and sending reports for several years basicly forgetting what I learned in college.
Then about 3 years ago a friend of mine sent me a disc with Damn Small Linux and I played with it some but stuck with the lazy man system Windows cause I couldn't afford a Mac, I really like Mac X OS.
I recently aquired a free laptop a HP Pavilion dv6 with 4GB Ram and a AMD triple core processor. It had a fried hard disc and couldn't recognize any OS. I replaced the hard drive with a new blank drive and downloaded Ubuntu Linux at a friends advise, I love it. My new laptop boots in under a minute and I am getting used to the interface fast.
I tried installing Ubuntu as a dual boot on my Compaq running Win 7 (first computer I ever bought new lol) but it keeps stopping the commands and won't partion and load. So I got two laptops for now plus my wife's netbook and my son has my old Win Vista Acer laptop (also given to me thinking it was broke) learning how to repair computers has got it's perks.
Who else is running Linux and likes it better than Windows?