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Subject: Re: re changing from vista
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On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 01:22:00AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:

> >The OP asked advice on an OS alternative to Vista and asked about
> >FreeBSD.     Telling him that FreeBSD is a good choice is not making
> >a religious statement.  It is just answering his question in an
> >honest manner.
> 
> no - because it's not alternative for Windows Vista.

He is trying to get out of Vista, not trying to be Vista with another name.

////jerry


> 
> Windows XP is an alternative.