linux
okay so everyone knows microsoft is evil. and apple really isn't much better. but can you really cut the cord? most of what i do i do in a browser. so maybe. one could run linux. which has its own set of issues. the first is which linux? gawds there are way too many choices. actually, there are two main categories: those that use yum, and those that use apt-get. b uses ubuntu, which uses apt-get. i ended up using centos7, which uses yum. great. just cause that's what my new temporary employer is using. and i figure i could get some free it help. muhhahahahhah! anywho, installing it was pretty straightforward. burned a cd in windows. heh. installed gnome. which was fairly painless. but was unable to switch to kde. weird. i created an admin account that can sudo. and a timmer account that can't. kinda got used to the convenience of not having a password. so far so good.