I hate Windows

Monday, 12:29 pm

By Kate

Oct

27

2008

When I first began using Windows Vista last autumn, I liked it. I liked what it did, I liked how it worked, I liked how it looked. I liked it a lot. But then, the little bugs started crawling of its woodwork. Every day there is something glitchy. The most annoying is when Windows shuts my computer off without any warning whatsoever to update and install the software. I know that it’s supposed to give me an option to postpone and all my settings tell it to give me an option, but Vista totally ignores my settings and does what it pleases. And the glitchiest part is that my screen goes black while Windows is doing whatever it’s doing and I can’t see what it’s doing or click anything to make it stop. And then it apparently freezes. Or something. The mouse moves, but I can’t get my screen back. My computer will stay in that condition for hours. Something gets stuck or whatever. I have to manually shut the computer off, which, of course, means that anything I was working on is gone. When I turn the computer back on, Windows finishes the updates and installation and I’m good to go again.

Happened again last evening and I lost a wad of stuff I was working on. Not pleased at all. In fact, I’m fed up to the teeth with Windows. Finally.

Is Ubuntu a good alternative? I wanted to try it out on my previous computer, but it wouldn’t work. Maybe this time. Anyone use it and like it?