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PolishLinux: Five Things to Know When You Switch to Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 25, 2006

[ Thanks to Borys
Musielak
for this link. ]

#1: App-searching is a pleasure, or:
How to install and uninstall programs

“On Windows, you were probably used to find a given program on
the Internet, download a setup.exe file, and then install the
program in something like C:Program Files.

“Things are very different on GNU/Linux.

“On most main distributions, finding, downloading, installing
and uninstalling applications is done with one single add/remove
program…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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