Linux Software Installation : Clear your Myths
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| THE MYTHS
| The first problem which people face while switching over to Linux is
| the “unavailability of softwares” as they claim. They just try to run their
| windows installer/setup file and end up with frustration saying “Linux is so
| incompatible!” Is it really so? Linux is not a clone of Windows. Then how
| come you expect your softwares built specifically built for windows to run on
| Linux. Linux has its own OS architecture, filesystem, binary file format and
| many more.
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http://manishtech.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/linux-software-installation-clear-your-myths/
Microsoft once produced showed a video where a guy who adds a network card
needs to recompile the kernel. They certainly love to spread such lies. Steve
Ballmer was in that video.
Related:
Linux Myth Busting
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| Myth nr1. LINUX IS HARD TO INSTALL
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| Myth nr2, LINUX HAS NO GOOD APPLICATIONS
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| Myth nr3, I CAN'T PLAY GAMES UNDER LINUX
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| Myth nr4, HARDWARE SUPPORT IS AWFULL UNDER LINUX
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| Myth nr5, SECURITY UNDER LINUX IS STUPID I NEED TO BE ADMINISTRATOR
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| Myth nr6, UPDATING LINUX IS HARD TO DO
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| Myth nr7, WHY MUST I COMPILE A KERNEL FOR NEW HARDWARE????!!!!
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http://www.cyberwalker.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/2514/
CMMI is not a secret code
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| In the Linux world new users are often scared away by horror stories of
| having to compile their own programs. With todays distributions where there
| are, in the case of *buntu, over 20,000 pre-compiled programs to choose from
| and the need to compile your own programs is very rare. In fact about the
| only time you will compile your own programs is if you wish to use a
| different version than what the distributions repository supplies.
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/cmmi-is-not-a-secret-code-21537
Top 5 Linux Myths
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| The sheer ignorance regarding casual Linux users astounds me to no end. While
| I'm not interested in pointing fingers, there is a lot of misinformation
| about the Linux community, and we will help to dispel some of these myths,
| once and for all.
|
| 1. Linux Users Are Cheap. Ah, this is one of my favorites. It seems that
| Linux users have long since been seen as cheap, despite the fact that so many
| of them in the States earn up to six figures. First, define cheap? Are we
| cheap because we choose not to buy brand new everything with every release of
| our selected OS?
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2618&Itemid=449
GNU/Linux Vs Windows: Myths and Realities
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| Linux Games
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| One of the major concerns that home users have is about games on GNU/Linux
| which they could play on windows.
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| GNU/Linux distributions like SuperGamer and the linuX-gamers Live DVD have
| solved this issue by providing some of the latest 3D, Arcade and other type
| games. Other major Linux distributions e.g. Sabayon Linux offer a huge
| collection of games for home users.
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=313
Are there inconvenient truths about Linux?
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| A recent blog post entitled Confessions of a Linux Fan has provoked some
| discussion in the Linux community. In it, the author lists 10 things (10
| seems to be the preferred number of these kinds of posts) that new Linux
| users should be aware of. Though the author claims to be a Linux enthusiast,
| the 10 observations are actually just re-wordings of many of the classic
| arguments against using Linux.
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http://www.linux.org/news/opinion/inconvenient.html
Linux Truths, Half-Truths, and Myths
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| When people find out I run Linux on my computer instead of Windows
| or even Mac OS X they sometimes have funny ideas about what it must
| be like. Some of it is historical; Linux used to be quite difficult
| to administer in its younger days. Some of it is misinformation,
| or no information at all. I hope to dispell some of the
| misconceptions.
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http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/03/05/161203.php
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