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Hi! My name is Buddy. I've been an XP Pro fan for years.
I had a friend who deleted a major file in his windows OS and didn't have "the disc" to fix it.
I tried Knoppix and was able to fix his laptop.
Well, that was my first ever time in dealing with anything Linux. After that, I was facinated!
Checked out every Linus distro out there and finally picked Mint 14 - 64bit w/Cinnamon.
I've tried out the different desktops and keep going back to Cinnamon.
I dual booted but have only opened Windows 3 times in 3 weeks. It is so slow compared to Linux.
I am hooked for life!
I am using a 6 yr old Dell Vostro 1000 laptop with 500 gig hard drive and 4 GB ram.

Hi Buddy

Welcome to Mint!!

You will probably get a welcome message from Catweazel telling you to expect a cut & paste welcome from the Wizard!!!

Well guys - I got in first this time

You will enjoy Mint - and the community - best of luck

Spinnekop

I am using a 6 yr old Dell Vostro 1000 laptop with 500 gig hard drive and 4 GB ram.

an ideal bit of kit for mint


welcome to the mint family forums

wizard

welcome on linux mint.

win system need much more maintenance than linux.
defragment, anti virus, spy ware, maleware etc.

but when I remember my early days , when i started to learn computer, windows was the only friend who encourage me to use computer without any computer knowledge.
I don't think we can forget user friendly win environment.

time to time, my need will be changed. But I don't want to say good bye to me old friend.

Welcome aboard.

Welcome to Mint and the forums Buddy!

Spinnekop wrote:You will probably get a welcome message from Catweazel telling you to expect a cut & paste welcome from the Wizard!!!

Well guys - I got in first this time

As you can see, we have lots of fun here!

Good day,

Welcome to the forum,

thanks for the welcome and yes, you do have fun here! sudo apt-get fun!