“This is the year I kiss Windows good-bye. Well, maybe not
entirely, but the writing is on the wall for Microsoft’s flagship
operating system, and all other desktop bloatware: The future of PC
software is open source. (I’ll add that the future of PC
applications is on the Web, which I’ll cover once we’ve got Ubuntu
in place.)“Being the belts-and-suspenders type, I’ll make the conversion
from proprietary to open in baby steps, the first of which is to
get a copy of Ubuntu 7.1 (a.k.a. Gutsy Gibbon), the version of
Linux from Canonical Ltd. that has a reputation for being complete,
well supported, and easy to use. I know the OS only by reputation,
however. Wikipedia provides a comprehensive comparison of Linux
versions…”
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