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I've assembled links to a few sites that people new to Linux should consider exploring.
I had promised a little more info on Scientific Linux. This is a form of Linux with a name that changes faster than my shirt when I realize I've got it on inside out. Form the Fermi LInux site:
Following on this earlier post, here are links to on line resources that would aid in building, configuring, and using a Linux based computer.
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Linux is not for everyone.
Free will in heaven?
I am an Ubuntu user, and have found it vastly superior to any of the MS flavors. Although I am recent convert [switched when Vista came out], I have been getting people to at least try it out. It seems that most people who have been using MS all their lives are able to use Ubuntu with nearly as much ease on their first day.
A functioning Linux system running Gnome with the standard installation is a zero learning curve for a windows or mac user.
I laugh when people say "yeah, but it's so hard to configure, you have to use the command line...." and I think, OK, buddy, when was the last time you "configured" your windows PC and that went well?