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Switching to Linux
I have decided to switch over to linux from microsoft and have some questions. Which one of the OS from Linux would be my best choice. What are the best open source software for an office suite, email etc that I should use. I normally use firefox for the internet right now. Also, do I need to worry about viurs or malware software at all and if so, which ones should I use?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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the above thread is also a similar thought process running with more participation and a detailed description of various flavours of linux.
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This is great. I did receive a copy of red hat 10 from someone. How does that compare to some of the other os that linux has? I also have some books on linux at home that i hope will help with the commands I may need to use. Anything else I need to know?
for your desktop
there is Ubuntu (a single cd containe openoffice too)
fedora etc
for server centos
fedora etc
office suites
Openoffice.org
Koffice suite
and also you have some ather office softwares like
abiword
gnumeric
etc
email Thunderbird
evolution
kmail
mozilla mail
browser mozilla, Firefox( firefox is default natively for LINUX)
Dont worry about virus and malware as there is none existent which are doing the rounds