[LBo] Microsoft Will Win

[Jisao]

Lynn Gallup wrote:
> I have been following this "basic" forum for a while and from what I 
> have read it appears that making the switch from Microsoft to Linux is 
> going to require that I live my life over.  If so, the very idea of 
> Linux being a contender for the home computer user market is a pure 
> fantasy.
>
> Having written in Machine Code before most of you were born, graduated 
> to Assembly Language while you were still in diapers and messed around 
> with Fortran while you were sleeping on a rug in kindergarten, I 
> certainly have no desire to re-live any part of that even if the prize 
> at the end is the glory of understanding Unix and C++.
> To me, the computer is just a fancy tool. Windows XP does the job just 
> fine except that I hate all monopolies, Microsoft especially, and 
> would like to use Linux to preserve my integrity. What I need is 
> something like a "qna at BasicLinuxBasics.org"
>
> So I ask - Does anyone know of a forum which might be for me?
> Regards,
> Lynn
Yes.  Here.  But we can't discuss what we don't know you want to hear 
about or ask about if you don't come forward and let us know.

Ask your questions, or throw in the comments you want to discuss, and we 
will gladly answer.  We play with computers and Linux, so it might look 
like there is a lot involved, but depending on what your aim is, there 
are alternatives or degrees of involvement, from finding a vendor who 
installs it for you the way people get Windows often installed in their 
box, to a "one command installs it all" (not unlike installing 
Windows),  to more personalized, to compiling everything you tweak for 
your very own hardware.

Linux offers a range of experiences from the "keys in hand" to "hell in 
hand".  It depends on you.  You make your own experience.  But it starts 
by telling us what you are seeking.  Your comment was a good start.  We 
will answer in a very open way.


Jisao