The Changing Landscape of Linux Users
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| Life of a Linux user was a lot less stressful back in the nineties.
| The difficulty of installing and maintaining a Linux distribution
| ensured that only those who had made an effort to learn the UNIX command
| line were able to use it effectively. The rest of the population was
| simply out of the game, leaving the mailing lists and online forums to
| experienced hackers engaging in highly technical discussions. Today,
| things are different. Those who still claim that Linux is not ready for
| the desktop should just visit one of the general Linux discussion forums
| to notice questions that clearly indicate that even moderately experienced
| computer users now install and use Linux as a matter of routine -
| perhaps not full time just yet, but certainly with an expectation to be
| able to dump their proprietary operating system completely in the future.
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