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Why Linux Isn’t Only for Geeks

[ Thanks to Linuxaria for this link.
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“You can increase your productivity tenfold by increasing your
desktop space without spending money for extra monitors and
expensive graphics cards. With Linux just tapping three keys
quickly and easily moves to the next or previous workspace. Not
everyone uses Linux as a server though and those who don’t will
still find it as a feature rich operating system with great open
source alternatives to commercial applications Open Office is a
free open source replacement for Microsoft Office. It can open all
the files Microsoft programs create and save files in a variety of
formats. There are also open source alternatives to Adobe Reader
and even Java JRE and JDK. The open source applications often end
up running much faster than commercial applications or at the very
least on par in terms of speed with commercial applications.”


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