In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:15:12 +0000
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> Linux for Windows users
>
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> | Unlike Windows or Mac OS X, Linux comes with a complete office suite
> | that's compatible with MS Office. OpenOffice.org will let you load
> | files created in MS Word and MS Excel and save them back in that
> | format so your colleagues who are still using Windows can read them back.
> `----
>
> http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_nov28_2006
The article could use a little more proofreading:
Unlike Windows or Mac OS X, there are many flavors of LinuxI use a
^
distribution called Ubuntu Linux Version 6.06, but this is by no
means the only one available. It is, however, one of the more
user-friendly distributions around. Also unlike Windows and Mac OS
X, you can get Linux freewithout breaking any laws.
^
The article also fails to mention that Windows
installations have dependencies similar to Linux; they're
just not quite as up front about it (although the
better ones might mention the issue).
Why does Linux keep asking me for a password? One
reason Linux (and Mac OS X, which is also based on
Unix) is relatively safe from viruses and spyware
is that the user needs to type in a password every
time a new program is installed. This means it's much
harder to accidentally install malicious software from
the Internet.
An interesting way of looking at it, but 'sudo bash'
or 'su' in a terminal screen will keep thing in order.
Of course, if one wants to use GUI Everywhere(tm), that
won't help too much.
"Places> Home Folder"? Oh please. Then again, how
does one explain the concept of the homedir (specified
in /etc/passwd, and usually placed in /home/username)
in three easy words?
Another useful tool is Wine, which lets you run some Windows
programsI use it to run Adobe Photoshopin Linux.
^ ^
Oops, again.
Making the shift to Linux isn't as easy as some people make it out
to be. But there's a lot of helpand cool, free softwareavailable, if
^ ^
you know where to look.
And a lot of work to be done. :-)
I'll admit I've been playing "Typo-man" on Wikipedia lately. :-)
Call it a pet peeve.
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Windows. It's there, but does it work?
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