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why did you switch?
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Getting personal, are we?
Well, the year was 2006 and I had a tank of a Dell D610. Never failed me
until it did.
One day it did the BSOD thing. I thought it was neat. After having used computers for more than a decade I finally saw the infamous BSOD. So, reinstalled Windows and got everything set up jus... BSOD.
Curious.
Another BSOD.
So, I reinstalled (for the second time) and very cautiously rebooted...BSOD.
Well, fuck.
I happened to have a Knoppix LiveCD laying around. I got that up and running and managed to download Ubuntu and burn that and installed Ubuntu and never looked back.
I didn't stay with Ubuntu for long, though.
I don't have a technical job either. I am just a teacher. Linux serves me well.