Linux: should you make the switch
So here it is, just two months left in 2006, and you’re still running Windows on your computer. There must be something wrong with you, right? Well, not really. Maybe you’re a little savvier than Average Joe, and you don’t pick up viruses and spyware by the truckload. Maybe you’re a gamer, and you know that if you switch over to a new operating system, most of your favorite wastes of time aren’t coming with you. Maybe, though, just maybe you are still riding the fence, wondering what else is out there, but you just haven’t had the time, the patience, or the nerve to see what life is like for the other five percent of the world.
If you don’t have the money for a new computer (i.e. a Mac), but you still want to depart from Windows for a while, then your best bet is Linux.
For quite a few years, Linux had a reputation as being very technical and esoteric, best left to Computer Science majors and enthusiasts. Now there’s an increasing amount of more “fun” distributions of Linux that are aimed at people just making the switch.
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