When moving from Windows to Linux you have to remember one thing, that you have probably been using Windows for the whole of your life so far and that you definately be accustomed to using a computer the "windows way". Linux, for me, has all that I need to get along but for others there will always be some applications which have not made the jump to Linux. I talk about applications (i.e. programs), because I feel that the next kernel release will enable you to access any piece of Hardware (I know, apart from the winmodems
).
Linux can be everything that you need apart from, at the moment, easy to learn because of the whole world being brought up with Mr Gate's software.
Linux likes to be different from Windoze in many ways, but especially in the way which this thread is about
: free software.
To get at this you need to go and visit sites such as
http://www.freshmeat.net or
http://www.linux.org where you will be able to search for programs for Linux and download them. Try also the website of your distribution, such as Suse or Redhat. That is where you will find out about what is going on. For the latest kernel goto
http://www.kernel.org
There are loads more, more than I know (alright, not many!)
but if you look, you will see.
Wasn't it a 'bit' drastic to lose windows? Good for you if you did though!
[Edited by CragStar on 01-01-2001 at 05:39 PM]