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Originally posted by John Anderton
home user who surfs the net, listens to songs, plays games and does some work on the pc
Linux can surf the net, it has many own Browsers and even Firefox works in Linux, You can listen to music al the way long, there's plenty of mp3 players. You can play many games, since they are started to be ported to linux, however, the people at wine (in short: windows emulator for Linux) are doing a great job to get many games to be played in Linux. Doing some work is possible. OpenOffice.org is just as good as MS Office. And better, it's free.
Actually, as normal user, you shouldn't be afraid of trying Linux, since a basic install does already come with most applications you will need. Additionally, there are easy ways (easier than in Windows, where there's no such feature) to get and install software you need without having to open your browser.
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