OSNews: Success with Linux on the Home Desktop

“I have been hearing and reading for a long time that Linux is
great, that Linux is cool, and that Linux is free (as in live free
or die). I do not have the option to choose OS at work–I primarily
do database work for large corporations using expensive commercial
databases. I have been thinking of trying Linux at home for some
time, and got the final impetus when:

• “I realized that I have really come to like the open source
  applications that I have been using for a couple of years
  now–Mozilla: I love all the functionality that was provided by
  Netscape 4 (no popping weasels, and no dancing monkeys or zipping
  cars) with added stability; Gimp: No more need for expensive
  photoshop; and OpenOffice: My wife uses it for her school
  work.
• “Larry Elison proclaimed that Linux [will] decimate MS (and my
  admiration for Larry Ellison is second only to Bill Gates). So, all
  the hype about Linux must be true after all…!”

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