I had Ubuntu installed on my computer along with Windows and my computer and I were extremely happy for quite a while. All was well until last week, when I decided to get a little adventurous, and got a few linux distro dvds from the library.

I tried OpenSUSE first. Then when I came to know of Novell’s deal with MS, and OpenSUSE’s similarities with Vista, I decided to scrap it and took the Slackware 11 DVD. They say its the best slackware yet, still it doesnt have a graphical installer! And it does not install Grub or Lilo so that we can have multiple operating systems installed.

I almost lost my windows! All my data is in my windows partitions as windows partitions can be accessed from both windows and linux. Then I installed Ubuntu again and fortunately, my windows came back.

Things learnt:

1. The Slackware installer was not designed with me in mind.
2. OpenSUSE has lost its integrity.
3. When I want to get adventurous, I should use a spare computer.

Things lost:

1. Quite a lot of applications that I had downloaded on my Old Ubuntu.
2. 3 nights’ sleep.

Finally, I decided not to try anything other than ubuntu for a while.