Re: Advice for Escaping Windows in Favour of Linux

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On Sep 25, 4:58 pm, The Ghost In The Machine

<ew...@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz

> <newsgro...@schestowitz.com>

> wrote

> on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:30:29 +0100

> <4568605.onuEIfV...@schestowitz.com>:

>

> > How to Quit Windows and cope with Windows Withdrawal Syndrome

>

> > ,----[ Quote ]

> > | Now that you have decided to quit Windows for good and

> > | to switch over to a Desktop Linux Distribution, following

> > | these basic steps will help you a lot. Initially, a basic

> > | knowledge about GNU/Linux is important. What is it really

> > | and how does it differ from Windows?

> > `----

>

> >http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=307

>

> Heh. A few notes.

>

> [1] Intel, if I'm not totally mistaken, is on record as

> supporting Linux. Admittedly, a quick Google coughed

> up only a video and a wireless driver or two, and this

> three-year-old article:

>

> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5161041.html

>

> A search on Intel's website also coughed up their C++ compiler,

> a performance analyzer (VTune), a math kernel library

> (not sure if that's kernel as in Linux, kernel as in core,

> or kernel as in kerning transformations), a Fortran compiler,

> a threading library, and a whole lot of other stuff -- 12900

> in all, if the count's accurate.

>

> Kudos to Intel.

>

> [2] Drafts aren't hard on Linux, even if one is using gedit.

> CUPS is also very capable, if one wants to print them later.

>

> [3] I'm not sure I like the notion of destroying Windows

> install CDs (I'm a pack rat; I admit it :-) )...the

> temptation is there, admittedly, but they'll also grow

> stale anyway. I have some Win95 stuff flying about, and

> even older Win3.1 installation packs. Do I use them? No.

> Still, for those of a certain mindset, it's probably best

> to put them out of reach, and if that involves destroying

> them, so be it.

>

> [4] "Back up and format" is an interesting requirement,

> but how does one restore later on? The article could be

> clearer on this. The good news: anyone familiar with DVD

> or CD burning software should be able to burn a DVD or CD

> that Linux can read, and I would be surprised if Linux

> can't read the Microsoft extensions (Joliet is the only

> one I'm somewhat familiar with). Or one can use ancient

> 1.44 MB floppies, or even tape drives, in a pinch.

>

> [5] As usual, the author(s) confuse Linux, the kernel, with

> an arbitrary Linux-based distribution. *shrug*

>

> [6] There is no mention of how to avoid Windows in

> new equipment, but that's probably beyond the scope of

> the article anyway. One of Microsoft's more insidious

> "innovations", after all, is the bundling of Windows

> on prepackaged PCs. Even if one later wipes Windows,

> Microsoft still gets paid.

>

> (lucky bastards :-) )

>

> --

> #191, ewi...@earthlink.net

> Linux. Because life's too short for a buggy OS.

 

 

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