Shady Goings On

I’ve finally got my CD/DVD burner working (thanks to the Nero InfoTool) and so I was able to burn a DVD I downloaded last week: The Fedora Core 6 install DVD.

Many people reading this won’t know what Fedora Core is: it’s an operation system that can be used on a desktop pc (or laptop etc) as an alternative to Windows. It’s not an add-on or extra bit of software, it totally replaces Windows.
Actually I’ve installed it along side Windows 2000 so that until I completely understand how to use Fedora I still have Windows to fall back on (it’s called dual-booting). Anyway, once I undestand it I have to show Alison

So why am I chaning from Windows 2000? Well actually I really like Windows 2000, I know where to find all the settings, all my favourite applications run on it and it’s great for gaming, however, Microsoft are now pushing Vista and so they won’t support 2000 for much longer. Windows Vista and XP don’t interest me, they seem to be more about cheap animated menus than providing real functionallity. All this animation, graphics etc costs processing power that I think should be put to a better use. My PC has 256Mb of RAM, ample for my needs however Vista requires 1Gb (that’s 4x more) as a mininum and that’s before you start doing anything!

I leave you with a screenshot of my new desktop showing Google: