Moving to Linux: slow-go or rip-and-replace?

Posted by rossendryv on Mar 19, 2009 9:55 AM EDT
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Lots of governments, businesses and individuals are turning to FOSS during the global recession, according to a recently-released study. But how do you go about it? Do you stick a toe in the water, or dive in head-first to your new FOSS computing environment? This article helps new users think out the steps for migrating to Free Software, and gives a couple of examples.

Lots of governments, businesses and individuals are turning to Free Open Source Software (FOSS) during the global recession, according to a recently-released study. But how do you go about it? Do you stick a toe in the water, or dive in head-first to your new FOSS computing environment?

This article will help you think about the pros and cons of baby-stepping your move to FOSS, versus starting out from scratch with a brand new Linux computing environment. This article is aimed at new users, not experienced computer professionals. I will be illustrating the principles involved by giving examples two migration projects in which I have personally been involved: my own law practice; and a public middle school in San Francisco which is the subject of the Digital Tipping Point video project that I am producing.

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