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CoolTechZone: Current Problems with Linux
Mar 3, 2005, 03 :15 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (5562 reads)

(Other stories by Aditya Nag)

[ Thanks to Subhash Mehta for this link. ]

"Over the past few articles, we have been extolling the virtues of Linux, and how and why you should use it. This article is slightly different. We are sure that many Windows users who read the previous articles scoffed at various points. Well, in this article, we are going to wear our Windows hat, and try to look at Linux from the point of view of a Windows evangelist.

"Why do this article? Well, in the interest of being fair. Yes, it is easy to dismiss Windows users as whiners, and people who can't be bothered to learn about their machines, but life is not that simple, is it...?"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Non eglish languages support is the nint ...   9. internalization   
Tomek
Mar 3, 2005, 08:38:25
 
"you have been called forth to the top o ...   Aditya!!!, newcomer of black and white [penguin],   
R.L.
Mar 3, 2005, 08:50:50
 
I am amazed at how difficult everything  ...   Three Hours of wnidoze Tech Support Today   
I-Write-FUD@Paid-By-mircosatf
Mar 3, 2005, 09:32:29
 
As an avid GNU/Linux supporter, I must s ...   Excellent   
Sepero
Mar 3, 2005, 09:48:59
 
Stupid article ... oh wait, the disclaim ...   Stupid article   
Ookaze BioACobol
Mar 3, 2005, 12:53:07
 
The author has a point, which we avid li ...   Fair enough   
Joe Bravo
Mar 3, 2005, 15:02:51
 
For a newbee the best thing is to buy a  ...   a mixed bag   
michael
Mar 3, 2005, 15:15:57
 
I am primarily a linux user and advocate ...   Article accurate, like it or not   
Ed
Mar 3, 2005, 16:41:26
 
Let's look again at it:#i)> try to l ...   Aditya!!!--continued   
R.L.
Mar 3, 2005, 17:20:29
 
1. Which one is Linux? They all are linu ...   Usually someone should know what they are talking   
Jimmy the Geek
Mar 3, 2005, 18:02:21
 
This article read like something from 19 ...   from 1998?   
Tim Dion
Mar 3, 2005, 22:51:47
 
The article is spot on for windows users ...   Linux from a Windows Viewpoint   
Paul Sams
Mar 4, 2005, 05:24:03
 
I think the writer pretty much proves hi ...   talkback   
unknown
Mar 4, 2005, 22:03:31
 
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