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Ubuntu offers an exciting alternative for the Vista-wary
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| As with most Linux distributions (and unlike Windows), Ubuntu comes with a
| set of applications pre-installed so that users can get right to work.
| Version 8.04 includes current versions of open source favourites like the
| Firefox web browser, OpenOffice.org office suite and the Gimp graphics
| editor. Additional free and legal open source applications and utilities can
| be easily added using Ubuntu’s add/remove software option.
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| The new optional installation from within Windows makes Ubuntu 8.04 easier
| than ever to try out, while this version’s promise of long-term support makes
| it more viable than ever for users wanting to avoid Windows Vista. •
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http://www.zisman.ca/Articles/2008/BIV980.html
Windows to Linux
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| How would you go about converting someone from Windows to Linux? Or, if you
| have already done so, how did you do it, and how were the results? After
| running various Linux versions for a few months now, I am ready to start
| moving my partner, my brother, and various friends and neighbors who depend
| on me for support to Linux. The question is, how to make that transition as
| smooth as possible?
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| Is it worthwhile to switch them to Firefox, Thunderbird and/or
| OpenOffice.org, while they are still on Windows, in order to smooth the
| transition, both for them and for their data? I have the full spectrum on
| this front, as my partner has been using Firefox and Thunderbird for quite
| some time now, and has used OpenOffice occasionally, whereas my brother has
| never used any of them, although he recently tried Firefox and wasn't pleased
| with the way it took over his bookmarks from IE (not a good omen, I know).
| The friends and neighbors fall between those two extremes.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009193o-2000498448b,00.htm
Ubuntu is a small component. Millions of people in countries like Brazil run
Debian and other localised derivatives. This figure represents a minority.
Yesterday:
Using Linux
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| Somehow, Vista always gave me trouble. Every 15 minutes or so I was kicked
| off the Internet, for some unknown reason. Furthermore, my computer took
| approximately 7 minutes to start, which is a terrible long time.
|
| Linux, however, works much faster. No waiting, just typing and checking my
| e-mails.
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| And that for free!
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http://poligazette.com/2008/09/03/using-linux/
Last week:
It’s a joke: In a Linux world without walls who needs Windows?
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| The marketing types responsible are intending to counter Apple’s
| successful "I’m a Mac" line, but the slogan picked out is simply on the wrong
| foot from the start and is thwarted by Linux immediately.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20342/1141/
Recent:
Is Linux’s Marketshare Closer to 20% Or More?
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| What I want to suggest is that the fact that you cannot prove what the
| marketshare is, combined with general perceptions that computers are Windows,
| combined with Microsoft and Apple’s PR all make it perfectly possible that
| Linux’s marketshare is, in fact, closer to 15% or 30%, making it possibly
| more than the Mac. After all, a lot seems to suggest that the Mac is weak
| outside the US and Linux has cought on more outside the US. But hey, that is
| just a guess too!
|
| The fact is, we have no real evidence and no way of getting real evidence,
| so, until we get some good evidence, we shouldn’t just assume no one uses
| Linux.
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http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/08/26/is-linuxs-marketshare-closer-to-20-or-more/
This is the Year of the Linux Desktop Breakout
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| Declaring victory for the Linux desktop at the end of the day will based upon
| looking at market penetration of Linux based clients vs. Windows and other
| operating systems. I believe this is still the best measure but we may
| finally be able to declare this year the breakout of the Linux desktop.
|
| When looking at operating system software adoption it is important to look at
| trends and not a single break through event that will signal that “we have
| made it.” It is kind of like economic forecasting – you look at a lot of
| leading indicators to decide whether we are heading towards an expansion or a
| recession; inflation, interest rates, productivity, employment rates, etc. It
| is worth applying this logic when looking at the Linux desktop. Based on just
| a cursory glance of news this week it is clear that all leading indicators
| suggest a significant expansion on the horizon.
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http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2008/08/26/this-is-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop-breakout/
Linux’s Market Share: Is There Any Way To Know?
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| Canonical is claiming that 11% of businesses use Ubuntu. (If that is the
| case, just imagine how many use Red Hat or Suse.) Gartner says that Linux’s
| market share is 4%, putting it about even with the Mac. And Context says that
| almost 3% of PCs sold in the UK have Linux pre-installed.
|
| [...]
|
| Short of every Linux distro calling home, which I hope will never happen,
| there may never be a way to know how many Linux users there are. Perhaps the
| downloads of some cross-platform application would give a rough idea, but
| that application would have to be something that a Linux user, a Mac user,
| and a Windows user would want equally. If anyone has a better idea, I would
| love to hear it.
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http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/08/14/linuxs-market-share-is-there-any-way-to-know/
Netbooks A Linux Stronghold?
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| For years, backers of open-source software have hoped to push Microsoft out
| of its dominant position in desktops and laptops. Windows-powered personal
| computers account for more than 90% of unit sales,. Linux 4%, Gartner says.
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http://ca.biz.yahoo.com/ibd/080807/tech.html?.v=1
Canonical To VARs: 11% of U.S. Businesses Use Ubuntu Linux
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| In an effort to rally solutions providers around Ubuntu Linux, Canonical is
| telling resellers that 11 percent of U.S. businesses already run Ubuntu.
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/08/10/canonical-to-vars-11-of-us-businesses-use-ubuntu-linux/
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