31-07-2004, 05:30 PM
For anyone new to Linux or unsure about starting to use Linux, there is an interesting article on why you should try Linux in this week's Micro Mart magazine (Issue 810 - cost only £1.80p).
There is a six page special outlining all the pros and cons about using Linux. It lists several of the various "distros" available and recommending the ones they have tested as being the best for "newbies" to try.
If you don't want to interfere with your current OS then buy one of the many distros on a bootable CD-Rom which can run independently of your OS and it leaves all files and configurations intact. To do this you must be able to boot from CD-Rom and most of todays PC's should be able to do this.
The article goes on to describe and explain the wide range of software that is available and most of it FREE.
The article covers most areas of computing from email through to networking. It covers in a reasonable amout of detail all the wealth of software available to most if not all of the Window$ versions. For example there are freebie alternatives available for MS Office, Photoshop, Corel Draw, AutoCAD and Studio 9 etc.etc.
For anyone interested then DistroWatch can provide you with any number of options to consider. They appear to be a leading Linux distributor.
I hope that this gets you interested in at least looking at the "better" options to using your PC. No more "Blue Screen of Death".
Good Luck - Long Live Linux.
HH
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There is a six page special outlining all the pros and cons about using Linux. It lists several of the various "distros" available and recommending the ones they have tested as being the best for "newbies" to try.
If you don't want to interfere with your current OS then buy one of the many distros on a bootable CD-Rom which can run independently of your OS and it leaves all files and configurations intact. To do this you must be able to boot from CD-Rom and most of todays PC's should be able to do this.
The article goes on to describe and explain the wide range of software that is available and most of it FREE.
The article covers most areas of computing from email through to networking. It covers in a reasonable amout of detail all the wealth of software available to most if not all of the Window$ versions. For example there are freebie alternatives available for MS Office, Photoshop, Corel Draw, AutoCAD and Studio 9 etc.etc.
For anyone interested then DistroWatch can provide you with any number of options to consider. They appear to be a leading Linux distributor.
I hope that this gets you interested in at least looking at the "better" options to using your PC. No more "Blue Screen of Death".
Good Luck - Long Live Linux.
HH
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urfing: unny: