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Linux is an Operating System for your computer. It is something that replaces Microsoft Windows or the Macintosh OS. The biggest difference between Linux and the other operating systems out there is that Linux is based on Open-Source code. This means that it is released under the General Public license and can be downloaded by anyone in the world and used for FREE. It isn't MS Windows so you will have to learn how to use it, but it is definitely well worth it, and it isn't as hard as you might think. Most new distributions make it very easy to install and use Linux. Even if you are new to the Linux world you should be able to easily install and operate all of the basic functions within Linux (Web surfing, email, word processing, etc...). Mandrake and Red Hat are two distributions that make things very very simple. Just pop in the installation CD-ROM and follow the easy to understand directions and in less then 30 minutes (sometimes only 10-15 minutes; Windows usually takes around an hour), you can be surfing the internet or checking your email with ease.
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I've
made this page to help spread around some information about Linux.
Most everyone has heard about Linux.
Not too many people really know what it is, and even fewer people have
tried it.
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