Linux, It Is Addictive

I’ve been living in Windows for about… 5 months now, and this is what I’ve done in that time:

• Re-installed Windows XP twice — the first time, spyware was at fault, the second it was a random glitch that rendered the system unbootable and unrepairable
• Investigated various anti-spyware and anti-virus software, installed, removed, configured, updated, purchased subscriptions.
• Battled weird/random I/O bottlenecks involving lots of disk thrashing

I had none of those problems when I was running Linux. Yet, I do foresee one problem with Linux — I’ll never be able to leave the machine logged in if I step out of for more than five minutes. If one of my family attempt to use it, they’ll want Windows XP (and don’t suggest they use Linux — doesn’t work).

Interesting choices await me once again.