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Tom posted a new comment:
Well, it was a bit of a classic case really - you'll probably hear this
one a lot.  To start with i almost exclusively booted into Windows but
started to boot into gnu&linux out of fascination and to do web-browsing
more safely.  I found out how to set the default boot to go into
Windows.  Then i found that running antivirus scans and the subsequent
repair work work was better and easier from linux.  That made me realise
i could read Windows data and so i started using OpenOffice to write
stuff.  Odd diagrams and pictures were easier in gimp, in Windows i
hadn't got past "Paint" and Photoshop scared me but somehow Gimp was
easy enough, even though it's a lot like Photoshop to look at.  That
gave me most of what i needed for tech support to a few clients by
email, so i didn't need to go round to visit them so much.  Oh and
screenshots are easier too, just press the "Print Screen" key, if you
press "Alt" at the same time no-one could tell that i wasn't in Windows
;)

Then i had a bit more free time and got my neighbour to sort multimedia
for me.  Then i found a couple of games "Wesnoth" and "Glest" which are
a little bit like "World of Warcraft" which i hadn't played since
Playstation1 - both quite different twists on WoW though. "Glest" is
beautiful.

Err that's about when i realised that somehow in 6 months i had
gradually weaned myself off Windows without really trying.  Occasional
hassles with one thing or other would send me back into Windows but now
i only go back to get screenshots or check up on something, perhaps
check where things are in menus or something and perhaps do a quick
defrag while there! lol.  It's main function is as a backup OS in case
something happens to stop me booting into Ubuntu & also some things like
games and stuff do work better in Windows at first so if i need them it
wont be a nightmare of trying to reinstall and reinstate Windows :)  So
about then is when i changed the default to boot into Ubuntu <shrugs>

Ok, for a lot of people the migration to linux is a huge hassle and
there's desperate desire to free themselves from Windows within a
certain time-frame, or against a deadline.  Take that stress out of it
and feel free to go back and forth and it's all quite easy really.  I do
really like Windows tho.  It breaks down so often and has such a load of
problems that people are always needing someone to fix things for them
:)

Anyway, good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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