I heard of Linux many years ago but did pay any attention to it. Only 2 years ago when I was a photographer for an event call MYGOSCON (Malaysian Government Open Source Conference) where I get to know about Open Source and Linux. From than on I was eager to try and so I bought a book by Mark G. Sobell call "Practical Guide To Ubuntu Linux" and it come with Ubuntu 8.10 CD. Install on an old computer to try it out and immediately like it and use it on my main computer and now upgrade to 10.04 Lucid Lynx and never look back. It was so easy to use from installation to actually using it and everything work out of the box. Although I had minor issue which is of my own doing. How about you guys. Care to share your experience?
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