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Linux Desktop Guide

Posted by michael on from the man-man dept.

codergeek42 writes "The International Open-Source Network has created a desktop manual aimed at end-users with little or no prior knowledge of PCs. This manual goes through using The Fedora Project to do things from file-management to using the internet (as in browsing the WWW and using email), how to use the OpenOffice.org office suite, and even a basic intro to using the shell. This is definitely a step in the right direction for GNU/Linux, and the Free Software and Open-Source Software movements. And the cool part is that the entire thing is under an attributions-required OSI-approved Creative Common license, and is available in .sxw (OpenOffice.org Writer) or PDF formats."

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  1. Re:SuSe or Fedora? Fedora is actually great! by bogie · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Your forgetting that this is the official "Red Hat sucks" fanboy homepage. Saying that Fedora isn't crap is like saying that XP isn't crap. Its just going to get you flamed.

    Down with REdhate!!Up with Gentoo!!!!RedCrap give NOTHING back to the community!!!

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  2. Re:Yeah, this would work... by GoofyBoy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    >Nice troll

    This is exactly what holds back Linux. Arrogant elitism.

    He complains about a Linux distribution failing, you accuse him of being a troll. You belittle one of his problems by calling him "newbie". And then you finish it off by saying that he is not worthy of your time.

    Why would I suggest to anyone I know to use Fedora when they would get this sort of response to their problems?

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