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Things You Miss with GNU/Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 7, 2008

[ Thanks to steve
hill
for this link. ]

“Recently I’ve noticed an increases in the number of people I
know who are migrating from Windows to GNU/Linux. Either my
tireless advocacy is grinding them down, word is starting to
spread. Perhaps they’ve actually seen Vista in action and decided
to jump ship now. Either way there are some things they are going
to miss when they make the leap.

“I had one of the regular weekly IT newspapers drop on my desk
today and the headline was screaming about how the release of SP3
for Windows XP might hit sales of Vista. Service packs don’t really
happen with GNU/Linux distros. Oh sure you can download a new CD
for Hardy Heron and upgrade your Gutsy install, but that’s not
really a service pack, it’s a whole OS…”


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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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