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Myths of Linux on the Desktop (ZDNet)Myths of Linux on the Desktop (ZDNet)Posted Apr 25, 2003 20:55 UTC (Fri) by jjstwerff (subscriber, #4082)Parent article: Myths of Linux on the Desktop (ZDNet) This is a great article... not a one sided bashing of M$ or Linux but a clear and well balanced overview of the desktop issues for an enterprise. After reading this they can make up their mind and do their right thing... and in the end that is Linux! The picture is much more clear for a normal consumer... only the gaming geek should use microsoft... the rest should use the free world. That's my opinion and I make it a reality in my family. Everything from word-processing, internet, simple gaming to mulimedia inside a cheap box (536 euro, including 17 inch monitor). That is the reality that linux offers to us no microsoft can beat that.
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Myths of Linux on the Desktop (ZDNet) Posted Apr 25, 2003 21:33 UTC (Fri) by sidboyce (guest, #10891) [Link] I agree culture is a hurdle. I have colleagues using Windows to admin Solaris boxes and would use nothing else. They will tell you how easy and great Windows is to use in one breath, then in the next relate all the problems they encounter. Curiously a few days ago a colleague saw me using kermit to a solaris box and asked if I had to do all that to get connected, whereas he could simply use hyperterminal. I replied that I had many ways, then clicked on an icon and brought up gtkterm just to show him what was possible. These same guys find Solaris hard going and a necessary evil to earn a crust. With Linux, I show them I can do all they can do plus many other very neat touches that make the job easier, but they prefer to plod along with Windows.
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