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Giving Linux That 'XP' Factor
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Everybody has a version of Windows that's their favorite. What version it is depends a lot on your age. Some of my older colleagues swore blind that Windows 95 was the pinnacle of computer science, at least when it was released. For most people, XP is their favorite Windows. Somehow Microsoft got everything just right with XP, but it's extremely hard to quantify exactly what. Ubuntu is like that. It's like a warm pub on a cold night -- inviting and welcoming to everybody. If you switch to Ubuntu you're still gonna have to learn stuff. That's just the way computers are. But Ubuntu also has that magical "Windows XP factor" -- it's as functional as you need it to be, yet is still accessible. It 'just works'.
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