Going Linux #223 · Computer America #67




Going Linux show

Summary: 00:00 Going Linux #223 · Computer America #67 00:15 Introduction03:43 Charles Tendell: Certified Ethical Hacker 03:43 Charles Tendell: Certified Ethical Hacker 07:41 Topic: 25 Reasons to Convert to Linux 08:53 Reasons for Nancy 12:44 1. It's free 19:28 2. It's Free 30:47 3. High quality support 37:12 4. You are not at the mercy of the software publisher 41:52 5. Little risk of obsolescence 42:59 6. Upgrades are never forced 44:50 7. No upgrade fees 45:26 8. No onerous requirement to track licenses 47:04 9. Far superior security 48:47 10. Resistent to system crashes 51:29 11. There are applications for almost anything 52:58 12. Each distro is unique 53:26 13. Configure Linux the way you want 53:40 14. Applications conform to industry-wide standards 54:03 15. Linux runs faster on the same hardware 54:09 16. Linux is compatible with other OSs 54:23 17. Very high ethical standards 54:51 18. No forced hardware upgrades 54:55 19. Use Linux on almost any processor 55:06 20. Open source - no secrets 56:45 Unusual places you'll find Linux 57:24 Random Windows errors 61:33 Mike: VMWare player 68:14 John: VirtualBox 74:10 Richard: Moving to Unity 78:38 Paul: Sansa malfunction 86:18 Alfred: Printing problem 94:31 Charles Tendell on Linux Mint 98:58 Larry says "SolusOS" but means "Elementary OS" 102:00 Jay: Help for KYengineer 107:04 Ben: Switching Desktop Environments 110:53 End