OSNews: The Transition to Linux Goes Through Windows

“You may want to try the computer buzzword of the decade, Linux,
for yourself, but you may not feel ready to try and back up your
computer, abandon your $200 copy of Windows, and throw on the wild
and unfamiliar Linux. One could compare this to changing cars from
an automatic transmission to a stick shift without learning how to
drive a stick shift. That can be scary. There are other, less
potentially-catastophic alternatives to changing your operating
system.

“People are looking to move from the ‘bad’ Microsoft and
expensive software. For the average user, however, changing their
operating system from the ever-popular and comfortable Windows to
something that appears Greek is quite daunting…”

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