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Tired of Worrying about Computer Viruses and Trojans?

Written by Luther Pollok

Sunday, 22 May 2005

Article Index
Tired of Worrying about Computer Viruses and Trojans?
Overview
Why Am I Interested in Linux?
Things You Can Do
Why Not Windows?
Experimenting and Developing
How Can You Try It Out?
What you Need to Start
Buring the CD or DVD
Check Your New CD
Can Your PC Boot From a CD?
Your First Boot Into Linux
Other DeskTops You Can Try Out
Additional Comments when Booting to CD
Winding It All Up

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Overview
Linux is a open source operating system created as a University project back in the late 80's and early 90's. It was made into a "free" open source code operating system by its author Linus Travalds. I won't go into all the details and history of Linux, there are a great number of articles that tell the story much better than I could ever do.

In particular, Linux is most like Unix. Don't let this being 'like' Unix scare you. It is an extremely easy operating system to work on and tinker around in once you get your bearings. It is definitely much easier to repair than Windows is when it comes to the infamous "Windows Registry" corruption.

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