Go Go Geekboy

I have bit the bullet and removed the operating system known as Windows from my laptop fully. I am back up and running to where I was before when I was dual booting more or less.

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Last week news spread about the giant company, Google dumped Microsoft Windows off of all it’s machines. Here’s the article from Bangkok Post:

Google said it was dumping Microsoft Windows on all its computers in the company, and switching to Apple and Linux, simply because Windows was not secure; the switch came specifically because Chinese hackers broke into Google machines, and only special employees with particular needs will be allowed to use Windows; otherwise they are stuck with Apple or Linux operating systems.

This bold move on Google’s part poses a lot of questions in tech circles. The biggest is are we ready to move to alternate Operating systems yet? Read on to see my view on all of this.
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I have been wanting to work on setting my laptop up as a media center for temporary use for some time now. I have played videos fine using VLC when I was under Windows and also some web videos as well, but now I am under Linux I was wanting to try it out again.
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Time for another Geek Fight. Tonight’s competitors are the heavy hitters of the music players for Linux. Who will come out on top? Read on for my review of these awesome apps!

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