Getting Stuff Done on Linux [Part 1]
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| One thing you hear often about Linux is that there’s no software for it. This
| is simply not true. There may not be much proprietary software for it, but
| there is some, and there are plenty of free alternatives to what most offices
| use every day.
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| This is just a quick overview of some of the programs out there, and it’s the
| first of two parts.This first posting focuses on applications for creating
| content. The next one will be more internet-based. I’ll go more in-depth into
| some of them at a later time. Many of these are also available on Windows and
| OSX, so you can experiment with them in the comfort of whatever OS you’re
| used to without making a commitment to switch. This listing is focused
| primarily on the types of things that are commonly needed for work- or
| school-related tasks, not necessarily for home desktop use.
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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/getting-stuff-done-on-linux-part-1/
SourceLabs Offers Self-Support for Linux, Java
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| Self-Support Suite includes diagnostic tools to scan a crash on a system and
| then dial into the SourceLabs Intelligence Engine, a knowledgebase with over
| 16 million previously described and categorized issues with Linux, Java, and
| related open source software. The tool supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
| Novell SUSE, the CentOS clone of RHEL, Ubuntu, and Debian Linuxes, and dozens
| of popular packages commonly used to deploy Java applications on Linux
| machines.
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http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb031808-story06.html
Related:
The top Linux support weaknesses, then and now
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| In 2003, SearchEnterpriseLinux.com visited the Linux support landscape
| with a list of Linux support weaknesses. A lot has happened over the
| past four years, as is evident in the success of Red Hat and
| Novell's subscription-based support models and the meteoric
| rise of commercial-grade Ubuntu support, to name a few.
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1262974,00.html
A Perception of Lack of Support for Open Source Should Not Stop Adoption of
Linux
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| People seem hesitant to accept open source because “there is no company
| behind it” like Microsoft. First of all, from an OS standpoint, support of
| Linux distros by the companies that publish them has come a long way in the
| past few years. Companies like Canonical (the distributor of Ubuntu Linux),
| Novell (SuSE Linux), and Red Hat offer support programs that can assist you
| with your problem, although these programs vary in pricing and how they are
| conducted. The point is, however, that despite the fact that the OS is
| developed, maintained, and improved by an amorphous body of programmers (the
| open source community), there are real companies behind the distros that will
| be there if you have a question or problem.
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http://lawtech.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/support-linux-open-source/
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