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Switching From Windows To Linux In 3 Easy Steps (Linux Journal)

Switching From Windows To Linux In 3 Easy Steps (Linux Journal)
[Press] Posted Sep 9, 2008 18:01 UTC (Tue) by ris

Shawn Powers advocates switching friends to Linux one application at a time. "It's painless for a person to try open source applications in Windows. The beauty is that open source apps speak for themselves, and tend to work amazingly well, "selling" themselves without much convincing required." Some cross-platform, open source applications to get people started are Firefox, OpenOffice.org, Abiword, VLC, Pidgin, Stellarium and Songbird.

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