Comments on: What to do after a failed Windows-to-Linux migration

By: MONODA

MONODA — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:22:30 +0000

There is also andlinux so you can run linux apps on windows. It is VERY cool, i used it back when i still had vista.
http://www.andlinux.org/

By: ubuntucat

ubuntucat — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:32:19 +0000

Where did you get that feeling?

The only replacements I know of for MS Office are Gnome Office, KOffice, and OpenOffice.

OpenOffice and GnomeOffice are both available for Windows.

And Windows also has Microsoft Works, don’t forget.

By: Venkata subramani

Venkata subramani — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:08:28 +0000

what I feel was .. there are more than 10 soft wares in linux to replace single software in windows like openoffice, etc for MS office.. So we people can standardize the softwares they r using :)

By: ubuntucat

ubuntucat — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:09:44 +0000

Yes, there is that option as well. Generally speaking, though, if someone has Linux-unfriendly hardware, it’s best to wait to get that replaced with something friendlier, and then just about any Linux distro with the latest kernel will work with it.

By: Anurag Panda

Anurag Panda — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:27:00 +0000

You forgot another point:
Wait for the next version or use another distro if you really want to.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:57:57 +0000

I just thought it was too good a story not to share it! It is a great endorsement. We only run Linux at our house, too.

By: ubuntucat

ubuntucat — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:36:54 +0000

I was thinking about home users, actually, but thanks for sharing that. I know a lot of high-powered organizations use Linux (Google, for example).

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:08:42 +0000

Apparently lots of large organizations have no trouble running Linux!

The world’s largest science experiment, CERN’s new Large Hadron Collider runs entirely on Linux. In fact all of CERN, Femilab and many other large science labs run only Linux. Windows is too insecure to be used in a situation where you are colliding high energy proton beams! You could get a BSOD at the wrong time.

The World Wide Web was invented at CERN, along with the web browser, the hyperlink and the web server, so they have some computer experience that has impacted the rest of us.

Good run-down at:

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/large_hadron_collider_switches_if_its_end_world_it_will_be_powered_gnu_linux