DesktopOS: Experiences in the Desktop Linux Community

[ Thanks to Tim for this link. ]

"What follows is an editorial type opinion piece detailing the experiences of one individual Linux newbie, his quest to learn about and help promote Linux on the Desktop. Read on for the highs and the lows of a 4-year journey starting from trying my first Linux based OS to running a popular web site and contributing to the development of Linux Desktop OS's.

"In 2001 my Linux journey started with being an unhappy user stuck using Windows 98 and not wanting to use Windows XP due to some new features that turned me off it at the time and the security issues that where involved with that operating system at the time..."

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