[MLUG] A Beginner's Guide to Linux

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/05/technology/circuits/05POGUE-EMAIL.html

N.Y. Times
December 5, 2002

A Beginner's Guide to Linux

By DAVID POGUE

I havent written about Linux much in the State of the Art column. Thats
because from what Ive heard, Linux isnt yet easy enough to use for
everyday consumers.

But Ill admit that Ive never actually installed and tried it. So when, in
reaction to my last e-mail column (about Microsofts dominance), a few
passionate Linux fans asked why Id written off this up-and-coming, free
operating system, I decided it was time to take Linuxs pulse.

I interviewed Bill McCarty, associate professor of Web and Information
Technolgy at Azusa Pacific University and author of Learning Red Hat
Linux. I learned a lot, and hoped you might, too.

Pogue: In a nutshell, what are the advantages of Linux over other
operating systems?

McCarty: The two central advantages of Linux are:

1. Linux is free, in two senses, and

2. Linux is not dominated by Microsoft.


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