Taking the Linux Plunge
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| Getting started in Linux is like going on a first date; you have all of
| these expectations and hopes, but the fear of failure is looming over
| your shoulder. Most people I know in the community shift their favorite
| distro more that twice a year. It isn't that the one they were using was
| failing them, but rather that something has come along and offers
| something else that they are looking for. That might be better driver
| support for their hardware, larger community involvement, new
| functionality or eye candy desktop, or just plain wanting to try
| something new. That in itself is one of the beautiful aspects of
| getting involved in the Linux community itself; always something to learn
| and try out. With Apple OS X and Microsoft Windows, users basically have
| to buy third party applications to add flare and zest to their desktops.
| With Linux, it might be that you just need to try a new desktop manager
| like Gnome, Enlightenment, or XFce, try a Live CD version of XGL like
| Kororaa, or work on getting a great media player like Amarok working
| with your music collection, there is an unlimited world out there to
| play with and learn. Good luck and happy hunting for the Linux distro
| that will take back your PC and let you get back to what is exciting
| about the world of computing; the ability to learn while having fun.
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