If you're looking for a minimalist system, you should totally look into Linux after XP. It's not that hard to do the basics, and the installers really guide you through everything. If you do a lot of writing, browsing and emailing, Linux is just as easy to use as Windows. More advanced things like, say, file permissions, yeah I cannot say that they're easier, but you had to learn how to use that on Windows as well. That's something people often forget since they're already used to it. Anyway, if you need any help (pre or post install), there is contact info on my profile.
Im writing this post right now in my Linux OS.. actually i created Linux based internet providers in the nineties when i was a teenager, since Linux was just a baby :) (I actually prefer Freebsd, but the billions of dolars invested in Linux drivers standout sometimes and leave me no option)
Actually i dont touch a XP for years.. i was just doing a analisys.. sometimes we need to put the things we love or hate aside, to look through the eyes of others..
Most people here at HN are creating things for other people to use, so its good to understand good and bad points even if its not the tech-fashion of the day, are closed and come from a company with dubious practices like Microsoft..
When compared with Linux, XP look definitely bad and old..
but the post was more about people updating the old with the new, when the new was also windows.. so sorry for provocating such a misunderstanding.. i deserve it :)
Anyway, thank you for your support and friendly help! i hope with this good attitude of yours you can convert more people to the open source world, and make somebody free even when they dont know about it.. thanks!
(Bonus: Im creating a crazy sort of "OS" based on Linux(+ Chrome) right now.. and that was just to emphasize how i love it :)
> i hope with this good attitude of yours you can convert more people to the open source world
I too hope I can convert people to FOSS over time, the issue is that things still need to work. Things that work, win. If people think iOS works better, they'll just use it. Still, as a coder I can contribute to the alternatives and I'm surely planning on doing so.
Good luck writing that OS you mentioned! Be sure to post it on HN :)
