The Beginning of the Linux Project

I remember some one telling me about Linux back in 1999. At the time I did know as much about computers as I do know. Also at the time I was working in a Café and rarely used my laptop. I did not have internet in my little studio apartment. I have gained a lot of computer knowledge since then.

Since that first conversation about Linux I have met people randomly who speak very highly of it. I have noticed that they don´t ever try to sell you on the idea of using Linux. Normaly they talk about it a little and then end with "well, it is what I prefer". It is almost like a computer secret. You have to hunt it down after you are sick of Windows and Microsoft.

I have to admit. I left Microsoft about 5 years ago. I bought my PowerBook G4 Mac Laptop and I absoutly love it. But this is not a site about how much I love MAC. I started to get interested in Linux and since I had finaly graduated from University I had some free time to do my Linux experiment.

Before I began this project I owned a Dell Inspiron that runs Windows XP and my Mac PowerBook G4. I still used my Dell for random things so I did not want to use it for this project in case I made some huge irreversible errors. Thus I bout a Dell PIII 933 192m Desktop that when I bout it had Windows XP installed as the operating system. I bout the whole Desktop (computer, keyboard, mouse, monitor) for 75$ USD.