Linux Lessons: Things to Know Before You Make the Switch
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| Aside from the problems with Vista, the biggest reason more people are giving
| Linux a try is Ubuntu. This free operating system has all of the advertised
| features of Vista without all of the problems.
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/540679/linux_lessons_things_to_know_before.html
Yanking the Window Shade
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| They Are Blind
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| I've been asked many times why we started Komputers4Kids...what our motives
| are. It isn't just to get computers to under-privileged kids...it's to make
| sure that the operating system on those computers is Linux.
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| It's to insure that perfectly good computers don't hit the bottom of a
| dumpster and foul our land and water.
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| It's to make sure that those who are without the wonder of reliable access to
| the internet have it.
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http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/423-Yanking-the-Window-Shade.html
He heroically migrates many lower/middle-class families to GNU/Linux.
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Dragons or Windmills...? Not Easy To Tell Sometimes
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| The youngest of the sons spoke perfect English however he was barely 11. He
| asked me point-blank:
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| "Why is this Linux system better than Windows?" He was concerned there were
| no games.
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| I began explaining it to the boy and a teenage young man stepped into the
| conversation. He nodded as I spoke so I knew he was understanding every word.
| I got to the point right then that I knew would tell me the answer.
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| Dragons or Windmills?
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| See...when you finally get to the point where it has to be explained..."Linux
| is not windows and you have to learn a new way of thinking when you use
| it"...
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http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/411-Dragons-or-Windmills...-Not-Easy-To-Tell-Sometimes.html
http://tinyurl.com/2lvf8m
I've just met Santa Claus.
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| His name is Ken Starks and many only know him as "helios". Ken has a popular
| blog and a cause he has given much for. As a Linux advocate, Ken has not only
| spread the word across the nation and the world about Linux, he has taken on
| the task of giving poor kids computers. He calls it by the corny name of
| Komputers4Kids but it doesn't matter how corny the name sounds, it is what he
| does that makes the difference. Ken has made a difference in the lives of
| over a hundred kids in the past year.
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http://ryansrantorama.blogspot.com/2007/12/ive-just-met-santa-claus.html
Linux Is for Kids
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| My brother doesn’t know that I’m installing OpenSuSE 10.3 on his daughters’
| PC. I honestly don’t think he will mind once he sees all of the cool
| applications and games on it. Hell, he’ll probably want to use it himself.
| I’ll tell the girls not to let him use it, because it’s the kids’ computer,
| not for adults.
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http://infinitetides.net/2007/12/31/linux-is-for-kids/
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