Don't Fear the Penguin: A Newbie's Guide to Linux; Living free with Linux: 2 weeks without Windows

Open source identity: Linux founder Linus Torvalds Linuxworld.com | Subscribe to this site with RSS | Update Your Profile Don't Fear the Penguin: A Newbie's Guide to Linux By Neil Mcallister Getting started with Linux can be an intimidating task, particularly for people who have never tried any operating system besides Windows. In truth, however, very little about Linux is actually difficult to use. It's simply a different OS, with its own approach to doing things. Once you learn your way around a Linux desktop, you're likely to find that it's no more challenging to work with than Windows or Mac OS. Read full story   Sponsored by Oracle     Manage your data more efficiently, economically, and ecologically with zero risk-start saving today. Discover how to optimize resources while reducing hardware, energy, and facility costs with Oracle VM server virtualization. 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