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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-11-03 06:37 PM
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3. My two cents
1. What's the deal with Linux running non-Linux programs?

There is a Windows emulation emvironment, WINE. Your mileage may vary. There are also a number of native Linux programs that are look-alikes for common Windows programs.

2. What about hardware requirements? (have a 733 MHz desktop, 300 MHz Toshiba notebook, both under 3 years old)

MUCH better than Windows - much less bloat in Linux. You can run very old underpowered computers with Linux and do fine, a definite plus.

3. What about "replacements" for the Office suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access)?

Try OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org/)

4. Don't have too many games that I play anymore - how does it handle them in general?

Sorry, can't help you there, though I find TuxRider a lot of fun

5. Which version?

I use an older RadHat version. I've heard Mandrake is very newby-friendly.

I've used Linux off-and-on since 1997 (Slackware 5 or something) I can tell you it has definitely gotten MUCH easier to install, especially for the non-technical users


6. What about Lindows?

No personal experience, though I've heard it really isn't that great.
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