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Understanding the Common User: Everything Should Be as Simple As It Is

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 28, 2007

[ Thanks to Borys
Musielak
for this link. ]

“Let’s begin with–Linux is simply the best. Open, free of
charge, stable, reliable, flexible, and scalable. And God only
knows why people do not want to use it. They grumble that it’s
difficult, shows hardware problems, and lacks applications. We
reply it’s totally untrue–the system is straightforward, similar
hardware problems can be found in Windows as well, and there’s an
abundance of applications.

“For example, let’s consider web browsers; starting with
Internet Explorer (blue ‘e’ sign). One will find such browsers like
Firefox, Opera, Konqueror, Galeon, Epiphany, SeaMonkey, Flock,
IceWeasel, Amaya, Links, and Lynx in Linux. And if one is prepared
for a little work, the blue ‘e’ will work as well. There’s a lot of
choices. Hundreds of them! So… what is this thing that stops
people switching? Well, I’m sure the blocker is right here–it is
the choice…”


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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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