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Frank[_24_]

On 5/26/2017 11:30 AM, wrote:
I can no longer activate Windows XP on my desktop computer, even using the various go-arounds offered on the net. I can afford Windows 10 and so on, but I have given too many hours over the years to its Regedit, restore yada features. I do not need bells and whistles. I need a decent word processor, spreadsheet, pdf viewer. I have a small Chromebook as my second computer. For anything serious, I can use my little Chromebook or go to the public library.

I am ready to try a free alternative operating system, such as Linux's Ubuntu.

If you use a free operating system, can you post your thumbs up or thumbs down for it compared to Windows?

I had Vista on my old computer and son, who is computer type guy, could
not fix it when it slowed to a crawl so wiped it and installed Linux.

Worked fine when he did it in his home on ethernet but when I got it
home I could not get it to work on wifi. Son had no fix and I figured
computer was maxed out and bought new Win 8 now Win 10. Win 10 can be a
PITA but you can tone down a lot of intrusiveness and easier for someone
like me that is not a computer guru.