So I decided to try out Ubuntu as my next Linux type on my desktop. Windows was acting up, so I finally got my motivation back to get rid of it, as I meant to do at the beginning of the summer, but never got around to doing. Things I like about Ubuntu:

1. The Live CD is the Install CD. (Windows: Nope)
2. Install is quite automated, and took under 30 minutes. (Windows: 1 hour min)
3. Automatic Updates worked well, and completely updated the system in another 30 minutes. (Windows: 2-3 hours of constantly rebooting and downloading more stuff....)
4. Popular and useful applications installed by default: OpenOffice, Gaim, Firefox, Media Players... (Windows: nothing I actually want)

Hopefully none of my classes this year will demand us to use Windows, and I'll be able to remain MS free. And I speak of it like a disease, because it is.

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