Why you will soon be using Linux instead of Microsoft products

Why I like Linux:

FREEdom
Lotsa FREE Internet programs...

Not only are they free!
You have many choices!

• Office suites
• OpenOffice
• KOffice
• GNOME-Office
• Siag Office
• Word Processors
• Abiword
• Ted
• OpenOffice Writer
• Kword
• LyX
• LaTeX
• Kile (KDE Integrated LaTeX Environment)
• Text Editors
• Kedit (KDE)
• Gedit (Gnome)
• Gnotepad
• Kate (KDE)
• KWrite (KDE)
• Nedit
• Vim
• Xemacs
• Xcoral
• Nvi
• Ozeditor
• Spreadsheets
• Gnumeric
• Abacus
• OpenOffice Calc
• Kspread
• Presentations
• OpenOffice Impress
• Kpresenter
• MagicPoint
• Kuickshow & gimp :)
• Database
• KNoda
• Gnome DB Manager
• OpenOffice + MySQL
• InterBase6
• Berkley DB
• Rekall
• Graphing / Charting
• Kivio
• Dia
• KChart
• xfig
• Gnuplot
• GtkGraph
• GNU Plotutils
• Ploticus
• pdf files
• Acrobat Reader
• Xpdf
• GV
• GGV
• GhostView
• Kghostview
• OpenOffice can create pdf files from text files...
• Personal Finance
• GNUcash
• GnoFin
• Kmymoney
• Grisbi
• Project Management
• Mr Project
• Outreach
• PIM
• Evolution
• Aethera
• Sylpheed
• Yank
• TreeLine
• Gjots
• Leo
• Hnb
• TuxCards
• KOrganizer

Notes:

• There are lots more FREE Internet programs for Linux.
  I've only listed the ones that are available from my current Apt/Synaptic setup.

On site links
WizarDave uses and recommends

• Mozilla's Firefox browser
• Mozilla's Thunderbird email client / newsreader

Off site links

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It's all about having choices
It's all about FREE stuff!!!
That's the biggest reasons I prefer Linux over Windoze.