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Well recently another Micros*** prob..netbook I use as backup device crashed. Windows was always crap on netbooks absolutely sluggish and freezing all the time, complete waste of bloody time been toying with the idea of Linux for some time put always put off by the fact apparently it's more for geeks who must know about computer programming , etc. although later versions are supposed to be more user-friendly. so I thought screw it nothing to lose and I installed Linux Mint. well have to say I was pleasantly surprised it's not that different from Windows, ...well it is different in the fact it works ,doesn't crash or freeze all the bloody time, it seems to run a lot smoother.
but the look and feel of it is similar to Windows. just some programs are difficult to install , you have to have some computer knowledge. but so far managing fairly well. and some programs came pre installed like Thunderbird and Firefox. So really screw Windows,I just keep running Linux on netbook. it has most things I need and seems to work better than Windows 7 with no crashes. only thing is it's still a bit slow at times but this could be because I am running Mint off a USB stick. maybe if I actually installed it on the Netbook or external hard drive, it might run a bit faster , but I don't know I'm not an expert on Linux or computers so I have to look into that bit more.