Linux trial

I'm a big fan on Linux. It's more stable and reliable than any Windows I've encountered and lets face it, it's free. Not to mention that almost all of the software you'll want to get to run on Linux is free.

So why don't more people use Linux? Frankly, it's mostly a momentum problem now. Linux used to be hard to use and slightly cryptic, but it's made great strides and is (I think) as easy to use on a daily basis as Windows is. People don't switch because they have perfectly good, mostly working Windows computers that they're comfortable with. Why fix it if it ain't broken, right?

Well, now you can have your tired old donut and try some of the delicious brownies too! Okay, okay, bad analogy... I'm trying to say you can try Linux without getting rid of Windows. There are two main ways of doing this: Installing on-top of Windows with software such as VMWare or Wubi, or booting from a LiveCD that lets you try Linux with no installation whatsoever. I've used and recommend the LiveCD and VMWare approaches, but I have to say that Wubi seems pretty interesting.

Give Linux a fighting chance and I think you'll find that the only real reason to stick with Microsoft's Windows is for games, and before you know it Linux will catch up on that front, too!


--Dan

PS - The VMWare option involves running a virtual computer inside of Windows. Windows is slow, so a virtual computer inside of Windows is going to be slow too. Don't take the speed of Linux running in VMWare to be representative of a final installation.

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