Get your feet wet before taking the Linux plunge
I recently promised you a strategy for a long-term exploration and transition to Linux and Open Source. This plan is for home use; organizational Linux is another issue. You also can follow this strategy to get some idea of how well a netbook will work before shelling out big bucks.
You can decide whether Open Source applications work for you without installing Linux. Why? Most come in Mac and PC-compatible versions as well. Start by downloading and trying out the big ticket items, Open Office, Firefox and the Thunderbird e-mail client, on your PC, replacements for your must-use for-fee applications. Wikipedia.org has a good list of addition software.
If you can handle the file formats, you've made it. Alternately, can you substitute network-based applications for the ones installed on your PC? A warning: If you're heavily reliant on Adobe image-editing software, take a critical look at sGIMP, the most popular Open Source alternative. Of all the common applications, it may be the hardest to get used to.
Next, you can try out various Linux operating systems without installing Linux on your PC. That's because most Linux distributions are available on "live CD."
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