Twenty-Four Years of Operating Systems
I asked the WordPress bot to tell me every time I mentioned an operating system and this is what I got: WordPress Agent: OS Mention History — Why The Hell? Blog (2002–2026) (Personal use only — side jobs removed) 2002–2003: The Linux vs. Windows Wars Apr 29, 2002 — “Well.. here we go again” — “I installed a version of Linux. Fun OS…” May 3, 2002 — “Not much to report…” — “I’m still messing with Mandrake Linux 8.2 and other than a few things/settings I want to do, it’s working fine.” May 4, 2002 — “Uneventful Day Off” — “Boy, Linux/Netscape formats things on web pages different than Windows.” / “only about 4 people with Linux have visited my site. That’s compared to maybe a couple hundred Windows visits.” May 12, 2002 — “Houston, we have a problem..” — “My main goal is not to become some geeked-out super Linux guru, but to use it in the place of Windows for everyday tasks.” / Mentions Mandrake 8.2, Debian Linux, Red Hat 7.3. May 28, 2002 — “Done messing with Linux.. XP does what I need it to..” — “Linux is not the ideal desktop OS.” / “Windows XP Pro is what I need.” Jun 15, 2002 — “It’s been a while…” — “re-installed Windows XP Pro” / “I installed a version of Linux… it was called Lindows. It’s based on BSD Linux, and it’s awful.” Jul 15, 2002 — “Messing with Linux again…” — “I’m posting on the Blogger site and I’m on Lycoris Linux.” Jul 21, 2002 — “Good news, Bad news” — “I’ve finally chosen my Linux distribution for good… Lycoris Linux.” / “it means sacrificing a few programs that are Windows specific (Streets & Trips)” Nov 11, 2002 — “Back and fourth” — “for maybe the 20th time I’ve decided to try Linux again… This Linux distribution is called Lycoris.” May 15, 2003 — “Interesting Link - Part Two” — “The great thing about Linux is that it’s free and the bad thing is that it takes a bit of work and probably never could replace Windows for me.” Jun 20, 2003 — “Windows is so reliable..” — “my windows installation crapped out on me.” / “I installed Lycoris Linux.” Jul 6, 2003 — “Windows sucks..” — “If a decent version of Linux worked with my hardware I’d use it. I had to re-install Windows again tonight.” Sep 1, 2003 — “Now entering September..” — “This ‘call me’ app is for Windows and uses ActiveX.” Dec 17, 2003 — “Free Long Distance for the Holidays” — “use Windows Messenger” (re: FWD VoIP) Dec 28, 2003 — “Got my internet installed!” — “I had to re-install Windows.” Dec 29, 2003 — “Just as good as I’d hoped..” — “With my last job I trained on a Windows 3.1 machine.” 2004–2006: Still fighting the same battle ...