Re: Help deciding OS

that was right and am a GNOME fan ;).but...i have seen many who are
searching for windows like controls and looks, fails to understand this
is an entirely different OS.i think even before learning Linux,n00b's
are made known about Free Software/OSS and RMS,his ethics and esp GPL
License and the difference btw Propreitory model and FLOSS.this will
have a positive effect on those who are new to GNU/Linux.below link may
help Githin on his quest for LW Desktops:
http://polishlinux.org/choose/linux-on-old-hardware/




On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 15:07 +0530, Vimal Joseph wrote:
> I think that's a misconception.  It is not the look and feel that
> prevent users to adapt GNU/Linux but the resistance/fear to go for a
> different system or the difficulty to unlearn something. There are
> several desktops available for GNU/Linux and many of them looks and
> feel better than XP. So our strategy should be to make new users feel
> that GNU/Linux is something different to the proprietary system they
> are familiar with, but it is not very difficult to migrate to this
> system.
> 
> 
> ~vimal

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