This is a previously unpublished and incomplete beginning of an idea that was the inspiration for the Linux-Friendly Links section at Linux4Everyone.com
Over
the course of the last 10 years, Linux for the desktop has gone from
a curiosity for hobbyists and geeks to a mainstream operating system
capable of standing toe-to-toe with with the likes of Microsoft and
Apple.
Linux
is becoming so popular, even a columnist in a local magazine - (605)
Magazine to be exact - included it in the advice he gave in his
column on buying a new computer. In fact, Ubuntu and Linux Mint are
the 3rd and 4th most used operating systems in
the world respectively. Honestly, it may be easier to list what
desktop Linux can't do as it is a short list indeed.
First
off, if all you do is check e-mail and surf the Internet, you should
never, ever pay a premium for a PC (Mac or PC they are all PCs here
but that is a topic for another time). Linux has been able to surf
the Internet and e-mail since the Internet was invented.
What
sort of surfing can it do? Well, anything Google-based for starters.
Video streaming like YouTube and Hulu. TaxACT online is
Linux-friendly and I have done my Taxes with them for 4 years.
<End of incomplete thought.>
MR GB
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