When the 1st netbooks appeared on the market, like the Eee PC they only ran Linux. After a while this changed & consumers could choose between 2 operating systems: Linux, or Windows XP Home.
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Now many netbooks are sold with Windows XP Home pre-installed, because still a lot of consumers do fear Linux.
Shawn Ingram from Gadgetell compiled a list of 5 of the biggest Linux myths out there & how you can make Linux your friend.
1. You have to learn command line/terminal.
Back in the early days of Linux this was maybe true, but if you look at Ubuntu Eee for example. It’s possibly even more simple than Windows with the netbook remix UI, but Linux is easy even without that.
2. Applications are hard to find.
Most Linux distributions come with a lot of useful software, but sometimes you might want to replace them with something else or find something else you might want or need. Unlike Windows, and to a lesser extent Mac, there aren’t many retail box copies of Linux software. If you’re running Ubuntu, there’s Get Deb, which not only lists Ubuntu software, but also makes it really simple to install them.
3. Linux can’t play games.
There’s actually a lot of games that are native to Linux, though most aren’t as pretty as the newest games. There are ways to play those new games on Linux, however. There’s Codeweaver’s Crossover and Crossover Games, Cedega, and WINE (Crossover is essentially a more stable, paid version of WINE) who allow you to play Windows based games.
4. Linux is not compatible with Windows/Mac files.
A lot of people seem to think that files from one operating system won’t work on any other one. This is true about applications, but not for the files they use or create. If you’re working with a word processor for example, chances are it can export files to .doc files, which just about any program can use.
5. It won’t connect to a MP3 player, or an iPod.
Most people now have some sort of MP3 player & need a computer to put music on it, with special software on top of that, especially with the iPod. You can easily buy songs from Amazon MP3 store, or rip them from CDs. Most music players for Linux support MP3 players, and even iPods, some like Songbird even look like iTunes if you’re almost too comfortable with the program.
Look here for the complete article.
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