SUMMARY: More progress towards a true Windows alternative.
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| I have no problem installing Ubuntu 7.1 for my wife - she is not a power user
| and her PC interaction is limited to email, some word processing and the
| internet. This may sound counter-intuitive ("Isn't Linux for Geeks?"), but
| not really - Ubuntu is a self-contained OS suite with enabling software that
| is stable, easy to use and more secure than Windows.
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| Many of you whose friends rely on you for PC advice and installs might want
| to check Ubuntu out for "sedate" PC users - could be more trouble-free than
| Windows.
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http://www.overclockers.com/articles1497/
Ubuntu 7.10
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| This upgrade is a solid alternative to Windows. Ubuntu 7.10 does most common
| tasks just as well as a Windows-powered PC, but for anything trickier,
| results will vary. Most laptop Windows veterans will want to try Ubuntu from
| a CD or a dual-boot configuration before committing to this powerful,
| friendly, but still pretty geeky flavor of Linux.
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http://laptopmag.com/Review/Ubuntu-7.10.htm
Some very high-status publication gives the thumbs-up to GNU/Linux.
Related:
Linux Says Bye-bye Windows XP!
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| It's been one of those months! My computer crashed taking with it crucial
| XP system files. This is the 3rd crash in the last year and I've finally
| had enough with the Windows operating system!
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http://www.richtam123.com/wp/?p=20
Windows Vista, The best thing that ever happened to Linux?
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| Millions of these units have been ordered by Countries such as
| Nigeria and Libya and pretty soon there will be millions of
| children around the world with Linux as their first operating
| system.
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| In stark contrast Microsoft have just released Windows Vista,
| probably the most resource hungry Operating System ever, for
| the PC platform.
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http://www.otezz.net/windows-vista-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-linux/
Linux gains despite and because of Microsoft
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| Despite the heightened competition over the last two quarters from
| Microsoft-Novell and a move by Oracle to undercut Red Hat on the cost of Red
| Hat Linux support service, Red Hat has reported double-digit growth in
| revenue and an increase in profit.
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| “The success of Red Hat has been able to validate the future potential for
| open source software,” Szulik says.
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| Emerging countries are also lucrative markets for Linux, says IDC’s Gillen,
| because there isn’t as much of the legacy Windows technology to have to
| displace.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/072507-linux-microsoft-gains.html?page=3
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