I used the large font for me and forgot to return it to normal - sorry. I have a detached retina and it makes it easier to write and correct things - that's all.
As far as PCLOS goes - it installs and runs very much like a Windows OS, but it has a much smaller footprint on your system and doesn't require lots of RAM to keep malware out with all sorts of firewalls, antivirus and security.
If you have an older machine - even a 500MHZ, it will run circles around most any NT with the possible exception of 93/95/98SE, but I dunnow as I've never made that test. It will absolutely smoke XP/Vista and 7 with ease if not in overhead, then not needing all the security gunk running and testing everything all the time.
One nice point is that you can have two OSs in the same machine so you can test it and keep them both running if you like. It uses a small program called
"grub" to give you dual-boot capacity. You might need a little tutoring for the partitioning, but that's the same in NT too - so no big deal.
Of course, Linux-based systems are free and Windows systems aren't.
I run a small application called
"WINE" to make the few things that are NT-based, run, but I have a really great office suite (
Open Office - also free) and can run a few other free office tools that are every bit as useful and I feel much more user-friendly than Word Perfect, Windows Office or whatever. Open Office can read, write-to and edit Windows Office and Word Perfect too and it has a built-in PDF generator/reader/editor. BTW: Your KINDLE can use WINE to run NT-based books and downloads too!)
My hardware runs out of the box - I am on line with PCLOS just like (but better than) Windows and have all the bells and whistles that I can also run in NT.
Google, GMail, AIM, GoogleEarth, GoogleMaps, (actually all that I have so far tried in Google work the same).
Of course, I am not a gamer which is the one big reason why some people won't use L-based OSs, and that's the way I like it - as I have a lot better things to do than blast and destroy imaginary people/places.
WMP, does NOT work - but there are so many other media players (free again) out there that I never miss it anyway.
I can FAX, Chat, E-mail, post, text, write/copy/print from PCLOS and I even have found it has a "Redmond" screen for those who really want to think they're running a PC with NT again/yet.
I wasn't spamming or trying to sell anything, but since the door was open on the various OSs out there, I just popped off.
If anyone asks for $$ to sell you an L-based program, remember that they are free and should not cost anything.
The link is SAFE - and just FYI - - - that's all.
