In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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wrote
on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:30:29 +0100
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> 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(tm)), 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 :-) )
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