Worthless Updates
Or How I learned to abandon Microsoft and utilize 3rd party software
I’m really not liking Windows at the moment. Yesterday I wanted to install one simple little program, but to get it, I had to download something else and to get that something else to work, I had to download a massive Windows update. That stupid update has screwed everything up and now Windows is trying to take over my computer with Microsoft software. It even killed my anti-virus software, forcing me to reinstall it. Now I’m constantly being told to turn on automatic updates and receiving Windows Security Alerts. These so called alerts are just trying to get me to abandon my third party software and use strictly Microsoft programs. A clever ploy Mr. Gates, but you haven’t won yet. Windows is just mad that I’m using different, better, non-Microsoft software. Things are also aesthetically different, which really irks me, and the boot-up time has increased. Oh yeah, I was also forced switch from Firefox to Internet Explorer just to download some of this garbage. I’m this close (picture me holding my fingers just a sliver apart) to jumping ship and learning a new operating system.
One easy point for recognizing the reference in this post’s title.
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The Peter Sellers/Stanley Kubrick classic: "Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.")
Posted by: Barefoot | April 28, 2006 04:12 PM
Boo-yah, Garrett!!! (I knew you had that one cold, and I beat you to it.)
Posted by: Barefoot | April 28, 2006 04:13 PM
Give Ubuntu a try.
Back your stuff up, first, though.
Bryan
Posted by: Bryan | April 28, 2006 06:06 PM
Damn Bill and all of his friends. I can't set Firefox to do any of my McAfee updates. I think they may be in cahoots.
Good Luck
Posted by: Bubbles | April 29, 2006 12:38 AM
Barefoot, you vicious heartless bastard....
Posted by: G | April 29, 2006 06:51 PM
Ubuntu is the safe way to go for linux newbies. I also like Suse 10.1, but unlike Ubuntu's single ISO download, there are five cd's to download.
Posted by: sonicfrog | April 30, 2006 11:13 AM
I like the Typewriter V. 5.6
Posted by: The Cup | April 30, 2006 05:44 PM