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Seattle Times: Upgrades Make Linux So Easy to Use

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 9, 2004

“Don’t you wish some days you could just toss that Windows
computer out the, er, window and try something else? Something
where viruses and worms weren’t everyday occurrences, where you
didn’t have to suffer through lockups and crashes every few days?
Where the screen wasn’t cluttered with pop-up ads and strange
spyware programs, snooping on your every move?

“Welcome to the world of desktop Linux. If you really can’t
stand Windows or just want to try something new, the Linux
operating system is right up your alley.

“Available in a number of ‘flavors,’ Linux isn’t perfect. But if
there’s one generalization that characterizes the state of desktop
Linux today, it’s that you finally don’t have to sweat the small
stuff…”


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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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