To the newcomer, the computer world can seem pretty forbidding. The secret codes for operating these metal beasts are under the control of mysterious geeks who speak some language that sounds like English but makes no sense. Even if you manage to master some corner of the computer continuum, the rug can be pulled out from under you without warning. A program that seemed tame will suddenly grow fangs. The way you've been doing things for months will stop working without notice.
Once you've managed to tame the beast even a little it seems like masochism to consider switching to another operating system, but for many of us who use, and suffer with, Windows, the choice to continue to use that spawn of Microsoft may seem masochistic, too.
Spyware, viruses, blue screens of death, confused user interfaces, buggy programs, security flaws, the list of problems with Windows seems endless. Many Windows users wonder if there's a better way, but dread the idea of learning to tame another beast.
Well, as Marcel Gagné has been showing us for years in his superb books, his "Cooking with Linux" columns, and on my TV show, Call for Help, there is a better way, and it's called Linux. Until recently Linux was the choice of cellar-dwelling computer geeks and four-eyed server administrators. The idea of a normal person using Linux on his or her desktop for day-to-day work was far-fetched to say the least. All that is changing, due in part to the success of Ubuntu Linux.
Download
http://rapidshare.com/files/135972869/Moving_To_Ubuntu_Linux__2006_.chm
or
http://tinyurl.com/6zf4nk
Once you've managed to tame the beast even a little it seems like masochism to consider switching to another operating system, but for many of us who use, and suffer with, Windows, the choice to continue to use that spawn of Microsoft may seem masochistic, too.
Spyware, viruses, blue screens of death, confused user interfaces, buggy programs, security flaws, the list of problems with Windows seems endless. Many Windows users wonder if there's a better way, but dread the idea of learning to tame another beast.
Well, as Marcel Gagné has been showing us for years in his superb books, his "Cooking with Linux" columns, and on my TV show, Call for Help, there is a better way, and it's called Linux. Until recently Linux was the choice of cellar-dwelling computer geeks and four-eyed server administrators. The idea of a normal person using Linux on his or her desktop for day-to-day work was far-fetched to say the least. All that is changing, due in part to the success of Ubuntu Linux.
Download
http://rapidshare.com/files/135972869/Moving_To_Ubuntu_Linux__2006_.chm
or
http://tinyurl.com/6zf4nk
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