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Rickford Grant Interview

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the geek-to-non-geek-translation dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An interview was recently conducted with Rickford Grant, the author of "Linux for Non-Geeks" and the new "Linux Made Easy". Grant is outspoken in his opinions and offers a number of unique views on topics as diverse as Windows Vista, desktop Linux, GNOME vs. KDE, and lots more. Part of the interview is spent talking about his new book but the bulk of the interview is a discussion of his views on pertinent topics and news. The author is a strong supporter of desktop Linux and has been getting quite a bit of attention for his views on the subject."

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  1. Re:Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And the rest have motherboard RAID, and don't feel like playing 'Linux installation Russian roulette', a fun game where you get to see whether your chosen Linux distribution screws over all your data or just the boot sector.

  2. Re:Yin and Yang by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny
    Imagine a world where people don't hard code the absolute width of text columns. Or where there's a nice link to a printer-friendly version.

    It's not Mr Firstname-looks-like-a-surname's world, apparently.

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  3. Who Rickford? by mooingyak · · Score: 3, Funny

    It nice that Rickford grant interview, but who Rickford?

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