I love Linux
Background: I have been using Rebecca 17.1 for many months and am quite happy with it!  IT WORKS GREAT!! Then came along some new hardware, and Mint is very accommodating to it, so the next pc was with this newer recently released Rosa 17.3 version.  I am primarily using Mint for LibreOffice which is included, or free elsewhere, and the internet.  This version has proved to be even better than 17.1. Open source means its made by us, and this version seems to be perfected, intuitive, and easy to use to me.<br /><br />Disk Use: As soon as you begin to boot up change the boot device to cd-rom in your bios, this is started with pressing the F2 and/or Delete key on some MBs.  Next it will boot directly from this disc.  Test and play with the program while it is held in RAM memory.  Install it to your drive from an icon on the home screen. It will erase the drive disk first & install, OR install alongside your current op-sys which I would recommend you may want to do (if your current op-sys is working ok) at first.<br /><br />Why pay $11 for this disk?:  Because thats peanuts compared to around $100, and it will boot right up without errors in my experience.  I tried downloading my own as I have done before, and it did not want to boot for some reason.  I wanted a &#34;perfect&#34; copy like this disc that I can use again whenever I want, and I hope to, a few times!<br /><br />Conclusion:  It may not need all the extra security & drive conditioning attention &#34;Smoke & Mirrors&#34; does, or run games, or S&M Office, but I have one version of that old system still around, which I think will get used for Turbo Tax again.  And don't blame me for the name either, I did not tell them to put both of those things on the first screen!  Does anyone remember the older sky-blue &#34;chemtrail&#34; screen with the sun hazed out, and the white lines all over on it?  Hummm?  I haven't been on the &#34;other system&#34; for months, believe it or not.  Some programs I use my phone for, where Android is powered by.....Linux.<br /><br />I cannot recommend this op-sys more highly.  It works for all my daily needs, and I have been puttering around with hardware & software for some time.  Its pretty easy to learn, you probably wont ever need to use the command line, as I dont.
Rating: 5 stars