10 Things You Might Want To Know Before Switching Over To Linux.
I’m a Linux supporter, went through a lot of learning process to get where I am today, never looked back ever since. I often encourage friends, family, business contact to try Linux, with tone like “It’s just that easy!!”, without telling them the time and sweat. I thought it’s a common sense, that you have to learn it, if it’s new to you. Unfortunately this is not the case, people tends to expect everything just work out of the box. So, my experience is, don’t tell someone about Linux, when he/she asks about how to connect to Internet with Windows.
Think Thick, however, has gathered some facts, for those who really want to try out Linux. I’ll quote the 10 facts here.
- The basic installation of most mainstream Linux distributions is very easy, but a first time user might run into trouble when trying to depart from the defaults.
- If you want a proper Linux installation, you are going to have to mess around with the partition table.
- You will have to learn how to use the command line.
- All those pretty effects of wobbly windows and cube desktops require some work from the user.
- Yes, more hardware works with Linux than with Windows. No, not all hardware works 100% like it’s supposed to.
- If you need/want to install a package not included in the repositories, or install from source, you might need to do some research.
- Most mainstream software manufacturers forget about Linux.
- Linux is not for the meek of heart.
- Linux is almost entirely virus/trojan/spyware free, but you will still need some kind of protection.
- Linux assumes that you are an intelligent person.
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