Opinion: Second look at Linux proves persuasive
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| Linux has since evolved to become ever more refined and useful.
| Distributed as open-source, Linux is the product of the combined
| brainpower of millions of brilliant programmers around the world,
| each making a contribution to it. It has reached the point where some
| foresee that it will become a serious threat to Microsoft.
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| Once the operating system booted, I was pleasantly surprised to see
| that everything was working. It?s always good when your hardware is
| detected and working properly, something I found lacking in early
| incarnations of Linux. I liked the K Desktop Environment (KDE) in my
| early Linux installs, and this version did not disappoint on that front.
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| All in all, I must say that this version of Linux was easy to use, and it
| has all the office, Internet and multimedia tools I could want -- and it
| was free! Best of all, with only a few mouse clicks, I was able to
| install Mandriva directly to my hard drive, which, incidentally, went
| without a hitch.
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| What can I say? It's not your daddy's Linux anymore.
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