On 29/01/14 21:03, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there ... A couple of weeks ago, I did a BIOS (UEFI) update as > requested after reporting a bug. The result was that an installation of > Windows 7 which I had on a removable drive died completely and I lost > it. How unstable Windows can be at times like this! > > When I looked at my very rare need for Windows, I found that I only have > occasional need to use Microsoft Word to open a docx file which is > heavily formatted and shows complete garbage in Libreoffice, and for the > very occasional publisher file I am sent. I have now successfully > installed Word and Publisher under Wine and assume I will never need to > boot Windows again. Oh, thank you!!!! > > Barry Drake.
Congratulations Barry! I am surprised you could hold out so long! I said good bye to Windows years ago now and I actually think my health improved! Yes, really. -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
