Re: GRRRR!!!

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>
> ...so um, why not just use Windows...then you won't have to worry
> about it magically forgetting all your settings and such just because
> of a power outage or if someone yanks teh plug...*shrugs*...what
> exactly are you doing in Linux that you can't do on Windows?
>

Anything I can do in Windows (that *I* personally need) I can do in
Linux, and vice-versa.  There isn't any other reason other than
personal preference.  I just happen to really like Linux.

Turns out she didn't really do any damage.  I forgot that when I
installed, I set up the root partition with journalling, so it
corrected any disk errors without problems.

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MCT

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