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On 14/02/14 18:33, Mark Evans wrote: > The obvious irony is that going from Windows XP to a Linux distribution > may be less of a change than Windows XP to Windows 8. I'm not sure why this myth persists so pervasively: install Classic Shell, disable hot corners and check "boot to desktop" option. Takes 1 minute and instantly makes Win8.1 indistinguishable from XP/Vista/7 complete with Start Menu. Win8/8.1 has many under-the-hood changes that makes it vastly superior to XP/Vista and slightly superior to 7, which was already pretty decent. I know haters are gonna hate, but Win8.1 is by far the best desktop OS Microsoft have ever produced and it's trivial to completely ignore Metro - I'm no Microsoft fan but their flagship OS really doesn't deserve all the stick it's getting from morons who can't spend literally one minute of their time to configure it properly. The change to any Linux distribution is vastly more of a change, with users requiring at least some initial instruction. That being said, from a network/systems admin viewpoint the Linux boxes are much nicer to deal with and there is that compelling price point of £0 for licensing... Regards -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq