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Windows Tech Writers Wrong About Linux
Aug 21, 2007, 00 :45 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (7831 reads)

(Other stories by Matt Hartley)

"At least we are making some progress in the field of Windows using tech writers speaking with any level of clarity about Linux as a viable alternative. Yet as good as the article linked above is, its writer is wrong with one seriously flawed statement.

"...Linux needs to operate more and more like Windows. It is getting there. But, Linux needs to get such that you don’t need a command line hardly at all. Installing programs should be as easy as double-clicking a file (not tracking down package dependencies). Again, Linux is going to have to play by the rules set by Windows in order to take Windows down a notch..."

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Excerpted from the article:"...Linux is  ...   Maybe so, maybe not.   
cjm
Aug 21, 2007, 14:12:24
 
GNU/Linux reduces my Carbon FootPrint! B ...   Carbon FootPrint   
BD
Aug 22, 2007, 00:03:15
 
> GNU/Linux reduces my Carbon FootPrint! ...   Re: Carbon FootPrint   
cjm
Aug 22, 2007, 01:07:54
 
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