hey! wozers - cop this!

how about some advertising for linux?

a standard feature of linux is the deskspaces. most install with two - the minimum to demonstrate to any new user that such is available - and many will allow up to 20. i started with 6, rose to 8 and now have 10. this enables me to keep different occupations separate and prevent clutter.

how would this go down with wozers?


fed up with clutter on your desktop? sick of hunting for stuff in the taskbar?

move house! try linux. get a mansion. up to 20, yes 20 rooms to play in. have a dozen apps open, each in a different room. always know where you are.

or this:

windows users - get a deluxe add-on for your computer. add a whole range of applications to your system - no charge.

give yourself a break, you deserve it. get an operating system that works. never defragment again. install as many applications as you like without having to reboot. have a pretty desktop and fabulous screensavers. get all the help and support you need for NOTHING. that's right. linux support costs only the effort you put in to get it. where from you ask?

try here:

www.reallylinux.com

dedicated as a no-frills, friendly, welcoming site to new users as well as continuing support for the more experienced. EVERY question posted gets a POLITE and FRIENDLY answer. here you will reciever HUGE ENCOURAGEMENT and every time you post that you had a little success, everyone will yell HOORAY for your achievement.

or here:

www.pclinuxos.com

where you can talk directly to the developers of the os and get expert help from users with years and years of experience. friendly, dedicated users who know their stuff.

and here:

www.opensuse.org

where another of the beauties of linux lives. more helpful, knowledgeable people to aid your learning and enrich your computing experience.

and more:

www.linuxquestions.org
www.linux.org
www.sourceforge.net

and google and wiki a lot.

google for rute and find a great tutorial

and if that aint enough you can always look in on:

http://pclinuxos.blogspot.com/

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there are hundreds of thousands of people all over the world beavering away to improve linux in all its' forms, from the kernel itself, to all the thousands of applications. nearly every distrib comes loaded with at least two and often more than three of many of the applications. like music? xine, amarok, juk and many more. want to write a simple letter, compose a presentation, ? do both at the same time in different apps. do the simple letter in kwrite, kate, kedit or gedit and the big glossy presentation in openoffice or koffice.

all of linux is like that. developers are continuously tweaking the existing software and adding features to make the users experience more enjoyable. linux users like computing and want to enable everyone else to enjoy it too.

there are hundreds of different distributions to choose from, ranging from the minimalistic to full-blown bells, whistles, fairy lights and tinsel.

here is just a few:

for more google distrowatch

pclinuxos
suse
mandriva
solaris
mepis
gentoo
damn small linux
linspire
ubuntu

there are hundreds - go google

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let's say you took the plunge, downloaded a version's .iso and used nero, or some such, to burn the image to cd, after checking the md5 sum of course (md5? der? that was my resonse when i first met it. it's the checksum of the data on in the image) and have a bootable cd. let's add that you downloaded a livecd too. download pclinuxos and you get both in one package.

alternatively you can buy a professionally produce cd from a shop. google linux shop and add country and see what comes up. i got this for the uk:


http://www.thelinuxshop.co.uk/catalog/

click livecd

http://www.thelinuxshop.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=21&osCsid=492bc9b8a72a1e1a08c097de141fa333

and got a range to choose from - pclinuxos is one of them - starting at £3.50, which compares favourably with the price of a woze os cd.

you have nothing to lose and a whole world to gain - go for it!