issue151:mon_histoire
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- | **At the beginning of 2010, I found myself quite broke and frustrated. As a result, I wondered if there was a free operating system that I could use instead of Windows. Anyways, I searched and searched while I was at the library, | + | **At the beginning of 2010, I found myself quite broke and frustrated. As a result, I wondered if there was a free operating system that I could use instead of Windows. Anyways, I searched and searched while I was at the library, but to no avail. And then, one lovely day, I was at a Barnes and Noble bookstore and I saw a magazine for Linux. It caught my attention and I took it upstairs to read it. (I had heard of Linux years before, but unfortunately was told that it was for people who were computer experts, so I felt like I would be wasting my time trying to use it). |
- | but to no avail. And then, one lovely day, I was at a Barnes and Noble bookstore and I saw a magazine for Linux. It caught my attention and I took it upstairs to read it. (I had heard of Linux years before, but unfortunately was told | + | |
- | that it was for people who were computer experts, so I felt like I would be wasting my time trying to use it). | + | |
He was wrong, and I am so glad he was! | He was wrong, and I am so glad he was! | ||
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As a result, I was able to embark on what would be quite a fantastic voyage as you will see in the following paragraphs.** | As a result, I was able to embark on what would be quite a fantastic voyage as you will see in the following paragraphs.** | ||
- | Début 2010, je me suis retrouvé sans un sou et très frustré. Aussi, je me suis demandé s'il y avait un système d' | + | Début 2010, je me suis retrouvé sans un sou et très frustré. Aussi, je me suis demandé s'il y avait un système d' |
La personne avait tort et j'en suis ravi ! | La personne avait tort et j'en suis ravi ! | ||
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XP as a dual boot system. All I did was put the live CD in the drive and the instructions were step-by-step. In fact, let me tell you about the computer I was using at the time. | XP as a dual boot system. All I did was put the live CD in the drive and the instructions were step-by-step. In fact, let me tell you about the computer I was using at the time. | ||
- | It was a Pentium 4 that had less than 1 GB RAM and had 2 hard drives installed, a 10 GB HDD and an 80 GB one. The one that I chose to install Ubuntu on was the 80 GB drive, unfortunately I would run into a major issue…I didn’t have | + | It was a Pentium 4 that had less than 1 GB RAM and had 2 hard drives installed, a 10 GB HDD and an 80 GB one. The one that I chose to install Ubuntu on was the 80 GB drive, unfortunately I would run into a major issue…I didn’t have sound.** |
- | sound.** | + | |
- | En lisant la revue, j'ai découvert Ubuntu 9.10, nom de code Karmic Koala. Ça avait l'air tellement bien et il s' | + | En lisant la revue, j'ai découvert Ubuntu 9.10, nom de code Karmic Koala. Ça avait l'air tellement bien et il s' |
Il s' | Il s' | ||
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Good thing I kept Windows XP instead of jumping directly to Linux. | Good thing I kept Windows XP instead of jumping directly to Linux. | ||
- | Thankfully with the help of Google, I was able to go to the library and save the needed codecs to a USB drive, and then, when I installed them to my computer at home, I would have sound. It was at that moment that I would start | + | Thankfully with the help of Google, I was able to go to the library and save the needed codecs to a USB drive, and then, when I installed them to my computer at home, I would have sound. It was at that moment that I would start to use Linux more than just one day a week. |
- | to use Linux more than just one day a week. | + | |
Hooray for me, I had overcome my first problem and was ready to continue my journey with Linux.** | Hooray for me, I had overcome my first problem and was ready to continue my journey with Linux.** |
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