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Discovering Ubuntu as a Windows User

Ubuntu-News.net  Mon, 11/17/2008 - 14:30

Instead of paying Microsoft for another copy of Windows, you can put that money in a savings account or toward your shrinking entertainment and vacation fund.

Using the Ubuntu operating system, a popular Linux distribution (distro), is one way you can save money.


 

Discovering Ubuntu as a Windows User

Linux Today  Mon, 11/17/2008 - 14:01

Datamation: "If you haven't used Linux yet, you'll have some things to get used to. Linux distributions have a somewhat similar look and feel to Windows, however you'll discover many differences.

This tutorial takes you through some of these new features. We'll also discuss why you don't have to throw out Windows."


 

KDE4 - ahead of it's time?

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sun, 11/16/2008 - 22:47

What would a Windows user migrating over to Linux for the first time think?


 

lin(s)ux

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 11:56

Described as "A VERY pissed Windows user's oppinion [sic] on Linux" by a blogspam submission. This is a deviantart post explaining (in a flamebaiting way) why the author considers Windows superior to Linux.


 

A VERY pissed Windows user's oppinion on Linux

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 04:00

I happened to stumble on LXer on the following article. I have never - and I do mean never - read such a long pile of misinformed and made-up things about Linux.

This crosses the realm of reality and lands somewhere between stubbornness and failure to accept truth. You thought Bush was full of crap?

Check out this Windows fanboy.


 

SSH to Linux, and Sending Files

Topix - Linux  Tue, 10/14/2008 - 08:54

Hello, I'm a Windows User, and have come a custom to the way Visual Studio works, and enjoy programming in it.


 

Review: Dell Linux laptop

Linux Today  Mon, 10/13/2008 - 20:35

Mirabilis.ca: "Why I wanted a Dell
1. Linux comes pre-installed.
Now that's the sort of thing I want to support!

I am not a Windows user, and I'm tired of paying for Windows when I buy a new computer."


 

Linux Desktop Environments

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Fri, 09/26/2008 - 22:50

You’ve heard about “Gnome” and “KDE” and more—these Linux-related things are “Desktop Environments.” If you’re making the switch, which one is for you?If you’re a Windows user who hasn’t experimented with the myriad of free Linux distros available, this one’s for you


 

Trying Linux on your Windows system

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Thu, 09/25/2008 - 18:13

A Windows user who wants to evaluate Linux, or any other alternative operating system, on their current system has a large number of options.

In this article, we will look at those options for the busy Windows user who is evaluating Linux, wants to use open source applications, but doesn't want to lose access to their Windows system.


 

5 features that can make a Windows user switch to Linux

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sun, 09/14/2008 - 09:40

Linux FTW !!! Microsoft MVP accepts Linux better than Windows. The M$ MVP wants to know "what do you think are the features of Linux that can make a Windows user switch to it, if I have missed any."