March of the penguin: Linux emerges as option for Windows
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| Larry Call, a 70-year-old computer user from Boulder, switched from Windows
| to Linux two years ago when he purchased a new Dell laptop computer and
| couldn't get Windows to work with his wireless network. The computer
| technician he hired to fix the problem suggested Linux.
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| "I read about it for the first time several years ago," Call said. "I told
| him to install it."
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| The technician installed the system and Call has had no problems with his
| computer since.
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| "I just thought it was easier," Call said. "Everything, the whole thing is
| easier."
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http://dailycamera.com/news/2007/sep/10/cover-story-linux-toeing-the-march-of-the/
Linux: No Longer the Playground of the TechnoGeek
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| If you have to ask me what the best thing about Ubuntu is, it's simply that
| it is free. You need not every pay a cent for it unless you choose to buy the
| CDs from Amazon.com or pay a modest shipping fee to have the discs delivered
| to you.
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/240966/linux_no_longer_the_playground_of_the.html
Related:
Linux more accessible
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| Once installed, SLED is impressive. It has a clean, eye-catching look
| complete with visual effects, animations and transparencies. You can set
| up multiple desktops and then switch between them with a rotating 3D
| cube - it's fair to say this is a flashy and cool feature rather than
| a serious productivity aid.
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| In visual terms SLED is on a level footing with Apple's OS X and
| Microsoft Vista Aero. Unlike many versions or distributions of Linux,
| which overwhelm users with myriad options and vast menus of programs,
| there's an uncluttered feel, making it easy to navigate.
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| This well-designed user interface is perhaps Novell's greatest asset
| in wooing users away from Windows. Linux often looks too hard - SLED
| doesn't. In reality it acts in a very familiar Windows kind of way.
| Despite propaganda, no operating system is intuitive - but this one
| is certainly easy to learn and won't stress Windows users.
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/reviews/linux-more-accessible/2006/10/03/1159641319954.html
http://tinyurl.com/ju5oh
Desktops on the move
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| A slightly more expensive but less limited way of creating a portable desktop
| is by going with Mandriva, a version of Linux, installed on a 4GB flash drive
| made by Dane-Elec called the Zmate Pen. This is a full-featured operating
| system that fits into 1 GB of space, leaving the remaining 3GB in the thumb
| drive for extra applications or files.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070815.wgtkaplab0816/BNStory/Technology/columnists
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