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Switching to Windows: Not as easy as you think

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piratePenguin:
http://madpenguin.org/cms/html/47/5937.html Great read.

adiment:

--- Quote ---I grew up on a Unix command-line. BSD, I believe.
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wow.... is that even possible.

KernelPanic:
NEWSFLASH: American student 'etement' finds a living specimen predating the GUI! Critics dispute the discovery.

H_TeXMeX_H:
I bet if less boxes came pre-installed with Winblow$ and people actually had to install their OS maybe they would realize that linux is the way to go ... not Winblow$

worker201:
Finally had the chance to read this article all the way through, and I thought it was kinda funny.  But dead-on balls accurate.  People who complain about Linux usually complain because it is not like Windows.  Windows is most people's frame of reference for the personal computer.  When Linux is your frame of reference, Windows is obviously the devil.  No configure files, cryptic error messages, barely supported 3rd party software, strong & constrictive branding, etc.  Those of us who come from a Windows childhood have to deal with Linux strangeness for awhile, but after that, stuff like apt, xfce, stderr, logs, and configs become normal and infinitely more useful.  At that point, we look back and notice how Windows sucks.  This article's benefit, then, is that it is written in the unique point of view of someone looking forward on Windows, and seeing very clearly how it can cripple the aware user's experience.

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