pc doesnt recognize cd i give up7

[Thomas Blasejewicz]

terry さんは書きました:
> mboard. you whine too much.
>
>   
Thank you.
I am sure, you are right.

I wrote this before: over the last +3 years I have spent substantially 
(2-3x) more time and effort on Linux than what I have invested in ALL my 
other computers over the last 25 years put together. If a direct 
conversion were permissible, that would amount to 50-70 years of efforts 
spent on Linux.
Is that considered normal?

Here is the situation:
* I need a computer to do my work.
* I must be able to write in 3 different languages;
* look up a bunch of dictionaries;
* send/receive mails;
* maybe check things out on the net;
* everything else is not really important.
If that works, I don't really care about *how* the computer achieves that.
I WANT to get away from MS, but so far Linux has not helped.
Apparently many people have positive experiences with Linux.
But given the 50 years worth of effort, am I really whining to much?