Published at LXer:

One of the reasons cited by users when they are told about switching to Linux is the fact that they don't have the same kind of apps as Windows does, but is that really enough? There was a time when installing a Linux operating system was quite difficult and maintaining it was quite hard. Installing apps that required strange dependencies was a nightmare, and a distribution that crashes was difficult to repair. All of these issues are now in the past and running a Linux system is just as easy as anything else.

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