Part of the reason I did so little posting in December is that I was having computer trouble. My poor, old computer had almost run out of memory. My hard drive was full, and I kept getting warnings from the operating system that I needed to close programs or risk losing information. Not good.
So I copied all of my personal files over to the media server (at least I hope I got them all!). Then I handed my laptop to my husband and let him work his magic on it. He wiped the hard drive and installed a completely new operating system. And when I say new, I mean new.
So long, Windows! I’m a Linux girl now.
So it’s not technically a new computer, but it might as well be, because it’s faster and everything works differently. But I haven’t had any trouble adapting to Linux. I’ve figured out how to use the web browser, how to get the photos off my camera card, and how to crop and resize the photos. And today I found the word processor, so I’m all set. 🙂
Yay for computers that function properly!
I may actually buy a new computer this year. My current one can’t be upgraded further and the cd drive is starting to malfunction (apparently it’s a bad idea to keep cds in it!), so I suspect it won’t be long before other things start to go south. I haven’t had a new one since the laptop I bought to take to college more than 20 years ago (I’ve survived on hand-me-downs and salvages Rudi brought home), so it doesn’t seem unreasonable.
It’s great that you’ve been able to get by so long on hand-me-downs. You’ve definitely earned the right to buy a new one!