October 21st, 2007I Haven’t Forgotten
I know, I know … it’s been a bit since I’ve posted anything of note, but I have a valid excuse … I’ve been finishing off the migration from Windows. Seriously … I’m almost done. It’s hard to believe, but after much messing about, I’ve been able to get almost everything I need done with Linux. There are just a few little things I still need to test and whatnot, but the transition is almost finished.
I hope to have most of the switch completed tomorrow afternoon, and then I’ll post something about it for everyone to argue against. I’ll still keep my auxiliary hard drive with WindowsXP ready should I ever want to play a game or something like that, but all in all, Ubuntu will be my primary OS of choice until something better comes along. Microsoft has had a pretty good run on my machines … but it’s time for something I can modify if I don’t agree with a system practice.
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Well Im running vista and thats good enough for me! and also my net buddy 4 life, Nick Ramsay!
For most of us, I’d agree that Windows is just great. Heck, I was using Windows on my primary computers for over 15 years. However, with the recent problems regarding their “Genuine” software validation, I’ve decided that enough is enough.
My Windows installs are always with legal versions of the software, and I’ve spent well over ten grand on Microsoft software in the last five years. But if I have no say about what’s installed on my system because there are shadow installs (regardless of whether I have Windows Updates enabled or not), then I can’t trust my computer.
I have had some very sensitive corporate data on my computers, as well as entire databases that would be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars if sold on the black market. While I doubt Microsoft would ever download this information from my machine, an OS that allows shadow installations could be all too easily hijacked and used by other people.
Considering the legal headaches I’d be involved in if *any* of my customer’s data was lost or stolen (even if my computer was stolen), I decided that it’s just better to use a different OS. If I need to program things for Windows or SQL Server, then I’ll boot in Windows for the few hours that I would need it.