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hey i am using ubuntu and one thing only ubuntu is too fast in surfing as well as downloading or to say its toooooooo fast for internet............its my experience i dont know what the others sayyeah windows xp is cool and also its the most used osso you can try both as i am doing now running ubuntu and xp together............................all the best...
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you know what it s kinda imposssible to swith from windows to linux thats insane im sure you wont even be able to boot up the linux system, well myabe from linux to windows thats reasonable, but i dont see anyone going to leave the newbish user friendly windows and go to the hard core linux system .
On the contrary, there are many linux distros that are quite newbish. That statement would make a lot of sense ten years ago, but much has been done in the meantime to make linux easy to use.
I don't want to be misinterpreted here: I am not saying that it must be done, but I know many people who are doing that, so I just wanted to offer a useful link.
As pr3dr49 said, there are distributions of Linux that are very easy to use, especially if you use X. Take Mandrake, for example - anyone who can move a mouse can use it.
Its more about User Perception than anything else, as Linux is stereotyped as a geek's OS. No matter how much progrees Linux made to become as user friendly as possible, the stigma of being "difficult," "hard," and "ominous" will still haunt it.
And there's also the fact that so few commercial/industry-grade programs are designed for Linux, and that stymies the growth of its user share.
Linux is good, but the problem is it won't install on every computer.
And man, I hate these people who believe something that was only true 10 years ago.
i don't think games run on linux so i won't be getting it anytime soon
Well, some you can run with Wine, but a limited number. Linux is primarily a working platform. If you are into gaming, than it won't make much of a change for you. Otherwise...
Linux gives you the pride and satisfaction of having 100% control over your OS. Its a glory to have a Linux computer and the person responsible for that must much be respected.
Don't look down on Linux users, they have gone through alot and they are probably 10x more skilled that you. As a matter of fact, more Linux users do away with wizards and so on, they simply install the stuff manually. Its hard and tough work. Anyway, Linux is still developing so for the computer newbies like me, we'll drown in the depth of Linux. I tried Linux before as a dual boot with my Windows XP....it worked fine but I totally did not know how to operate the software. After less that a week, I wiped Linux out. Its really hardcore computer jargon and skills. Maybe for some people, this is not the case, but atleast for me, I sux at Linux.
Thanks for the artical, right now I'm running dual operating systems (XP Pro, Mandrake 10.0). Needed a little help finding some things for specific things in Linux
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hey i am using ubuntu and one thing only ubuntu is too fast in surfing as well as downloading or to say its toooooooo fast for internet............
its my experience i dont know what the others say yeah windows xp is cool and also its the most used os so you can try both as i am doing now running ubuntu and xp together............................ all the best QUOTE i don't think games run on linux so i won't be getting it anytime soon Well, you are quite right, thatīs only problem for 90% of linux users, but emilators like wine, wineX can help you in manu thinks!!! QUOTE Linux is good, but the problem is it won't install on every computer. And man, I hate these people who believe something that was only true 10 years ago. Why do you think IT WONT install on evry computers, I did it on more than 20, and it work perfectly!!! QUOTE you know what it s kinda imposssible to swith from windows to linux thats insane im sure you wont even be able to boot up the linux system, well myabe from linux to windows thats reasonable, but i dont see anyone going to leave the newbish user friendly windows and go to the hard core linux system . You are not quite normal!!! Linux like Mandrake are USER-FRIENDLY, try to live outside the microsoft shadow, tru to breed fresh, open source air and you will feel better. FOR NOW, YOU DOESNīT KNOW HHAT YOU ARE TALKING  QUOTE Not saying that that isn't any holes in linux just there not attacked as often And it HAS less holes, thatīs the fact, everubody can see those hols and repair them if he want and know, thatīs the reason linux is much better
Thats true linux does come with open office.
Open office is kinda of like ms office but free. Also it comes with mozilla built in. I personally use xp, but I have a machine that runs linux and I find it to work better than xp sometimes. Running linux is also safer on the web since the mojority of websurfers are running XP hackers attack them so with linux they are less likely to attack you. Not saying that that isn't any holes in linux just there not attacked as often QUOTE (yomi @ Aug 4 2004, 01:44 AM) In fact, the most hard part for me is there are too many MS Office users. And I can't write Word document under Linux. yes, you can! open ofice is as good as ms office...bt you can stil emulate ms office with Crossover Office. I use Linux and I'm very glad i'm not using windows any more! best linux for newbies is Mandrake QUOTE (chinfo @ Aug 4 2004, 04:07 AM) I think you can try OpenOffice for Linux, an MS Office-compatible open-source software. You can download it from any freeware sites. In fact, I have been opening and saving MSWord documents without any problem. I hardly ever use excel, but the website of OpenOffice.org claims that works too. You can even setp the Writer (OpenOffice.org writing component, corresponds to MSWord) to use the Word format as its default
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