[LennonCook]

Originally posted by Hivetyrant: Your just stubborn, len, Your mother has perfectly legitemate reasons and you argue with everything she has to say. And you only argue because for some reason you think a few "security holes" makes windows useless.

Surely, Jarrad, you know me better than this by now. I do not think Windows is useless because of a "few" security holes. For one, it's more than a few (it doesn't help that I don't have either service pack), but lets not get into that. It hides everything from the user (ever configured Windows at kernel level? Thought not.) , prevents me from booting to a command line without jumping through hoops, has only a basic command line to offer once I'm there, and forces me to use a graphical interface for things as rudimentary as text editing. But still, I have never thought Windows useless - IE, yes; Windows Explorer, maybe; Windows as an OS is bearable and would be excellent with a few design improvements. I just don't like it. I prefer Linux, because it is everything I want from an OS, plus none. And, if Mum had such legitimate reasons, how come she's never told me any? And how come I'm not even allowed to set it up as a dual boot?

Uhh, seeing as your king of Baldurs Gate, I would have thought that you would know that it is possible to NOT do a full install, even your not so unfit that you cant change a cd.

Firstly, I am by no means king of Baldur's Gate. That title is best shared between Dundee and SixOfSpades. And, I have no idea how well a non-full install will work. Especially running it through something like WINE, which I know almost nothing about yet.

I want my choice of Operating System. I don't like Windows, and I still can't understand why people have problems with that. I don't force Linux down your throat or my Mother's, and so I don't think I deserve to have Windows forced down mine.