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We all know how far open source software has progressed, but has it come so far to not only challenge Windows, but replace it? Can you really install Linux and open source software in place of Windows, and want for nothing? In the first of this multi-part series we send in Ashton Mills to take on the challenge of using nothing but Linux and open source software... for absolutely everything. Will he find nirvana in the process, or lose all his hair in frustration? Follow him in and find out.
Done. My wife has made the switch and gets everything done in Linux.
Doing course design for an on line university and high school. Multimedia
stuff works great. File transfers, great. Many hours of phone conferences
via VoIP, without a flaw.
Mr. Mills had some glitches, yes, there are some bumps in the road. But
with just a little googling they get smoothed out.
This is one of the best "migration" articles I have read, share it.
What I didn't like about the article is that the majority of problems he encountered all fell under 'installation,' in my opinion, and finding the right app for the job, one that will do it right the first time. Getting DVD/mp3/wma/flash/cameras/printing working, despite the OS philosophy, should be part of the OS installation, and there are distributions out there that do it right the first time without having to futz around finding codecs etc.
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Mr. Mills had some glitches, yes, there are some bumps in the road. But with just a little googling they get smoothed out.
This is one of the best "migration" articles I have read, share it.