[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
In the first part of this feature, I looked at what influenced
me to take the plunge into the icy waters of a new operating
system. As an experienced PC and Mac user, my feeling was that
after more than 10 years of development, Linux should be relatively
easy to cope with. I also liked the look of Linux when a friend
showed me it in action and the thought of thumbing my nose at Big
Business remains attractive.“However, as I pointed out, there are some serious disadvantages
to making such a move. The main one is that unless you are an
experienced, instinctive computer user, you’re going to be swimming
in quite unfamiliar waters with Linux…”
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