Migrating to Linux for your personal desktop

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Norman M. Jacobowitz Issue #54, October 1998 The future of Linux in the SOHO environment. Welcome to the third and final installment of our three-part series, Migrating to Linux from a Commercial Operating System. In the first article, I discussed some of the reasons why many people are switching to Linux as their desktop OS of choice for common, day-to-day ...

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Linux is a stable, reliable and complete computing platform when compared to other commercial operating systems available. Linux, currently, is increasingly being used in businesses as a back-end server. It serves as a file/print/webserver sitting in a corner of a server room, executing jobs faithfully and reliably. Linux will be used more and more in what it does best – as a server. Linux will move from the server rooms of these offices to the desks of the users. The number of productivity applications for Linux is growing and will grow to reach the critical mass where, Linux will be a viable alternative to the most popular of the desktop operating system environments. Linux India will actively participate in the growth of Linux in India – both in corporates and homes.

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Since money is not a motivating factor, Open Source software is generally to the point, lacks spyware, open to contribute, open to discuss internals, evolving and improving. It is a key enabler to progress quickly for whatever (automation) task at hand and it gives you the opportunity to go deeper into computing. You can learn how things work and fix it if you like. Thank you for visiting the Linux India web site. This site is for you, the FLOSS user in India! You can use the resources on this site to:

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