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Using Linux at Home
              Linux Background
●   Based on Unix
●   Kernel Controls
    Hardware
●   Resource Sensitive
●   Server Environment
●   High Performance
●   Easy to Reconfigure
           Windows Background
●   MSDOS 5.01
●   Program Manager
●   Desktop Specific
●   Brought PC's to the
    People
●   Programs are Highly
    Integrated with one-
    another
                 Major Differences
●   Windows                      ●   Linux
       Highly Integrated GUI           System Resource
        Environment                      Manager
       Limited Backwards               Users Create The
        Compatibility                    Software Distributions
       Versions Leased                 Yours for the Taking
       Purchase New                    Applications Available
        Applications with Each           for Little to no Cost
        New Release                     Backwards
                                         Compatable
               Home Computer Use
●   Web Surfing
●   Email
●   Instant Messaging
●   Office Productivity
●   Games
●   Security
Web Surfing
      ●   Linux
             Internet Explorer
             Netscape
              Communicator
             Mozilla Firefox
             Opera
             KDE Konqueror
             Plus 40 More
Email/Calander Clients
           ●   KMail
           ●   Ximian Express
           ●   Netscape
           ●   Mozilla
           ●   Opera
           ●   Pegasus
           ●   Mulberry
           ●   Plus 11 others
                 Instant Messaging
●   GAIM
       AIM
       ICQ
       MSN
       Yahoo
       IRC
       Jabber
       Plus 5 more
                 Office Productivity
●   Open Office
       Anti-Virus
       Word Processor
       Spreadsheet
       Database
       Presentation
       Advanced Calculator
       PDF Creator
       Diagram Creator
Gaming on Linux
                Desktop Security I
●   Users
       System Administration
        Separate From User
        Accounts.
●   Groups
       Users Only Assigned
        Access To What They
        Need.
       A Compromised User
        Account Does Not
        Affect Other Users
                 Desktop Security II
●   Built in firewall
       IpTables/NetFilter
●   Port monitoring
       All ports are closed by
        default.
●   Free Anti-Virus
       Avast
       F-Port
       AVG Anti-Virus
        Which Linux Distribution ?
●   Ubuntu           ●   Slackware
●   openSUSE         ●   Sabayon
●   Fedora           ●   Gentoo
●   MEPIS            ●   KNOPPIX
●   PCLinuxOS        ●   Zenwalk
●   Mandriva         ●   Kubuntu
●   Debian           ●   FreeBSD*
●   Damn Small       ●   Freespire
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