[mdlug-newbie] Hello LUGgers!

[Aaron Kulkis]

Brandon Fotiu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My name is Brandon and I got fed up with Windows a few months ago and 
> installed Linux Mint 5 Elyssa.  So far it's been a good experience 
> overall and most of my hardware is supported.  I'm looking for more 
> information on how to get everything I can out of Linux and I've been 
> slowly learning the way around my system and the terminal.  My next 
> project for is to try and get MythTV up and running on a spare box but 
> from what I've read it's really an advanced user type of program.  
> Anyway, I'm joining this list in the hope that it keeps me from 
> switching back so please be patient if I ask a really simple questions.  
> Thanks for reading this and I look forward to participating in the 
> Michigan LUG community.

The key is to get all of your ESSENTIAL activities (e-mail, etc.)
done on Linux.  Once you're doing that, the temptation to revert
back to Windows evaporates in short order.

Now that the Wine project has reached the 1.0 stage, even the
temptation to have Windows around for games is gone.