Tom's Hardware Guide: Migrating from Windows to Linux, Part 1: Preparation | Linux Today

Tom’s Hardware Guide: Migrating from Windows to Linux, Part 1: Preparation

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 30, 2004

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“Crashes, viruses and headaches. You have had it with Windows
and you want to switch to Linux. Where to begin? How do you save
your documents? Will my hardware work?

“Slow down… take a deep breath, because you have a lot of work
ahead of you. Millions of people have made the same switch before
you, so it’s not impossible. We are going to take you step-by-step
through a whole migration from Windows to Linux, covering
everything from picking the right Linux distribution to installing
Linux applications…”

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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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