A lot of people tend to shy away at the mention of even the word Linux, myself included. Being raised on a Windows machine, and pampered by an easy visual interface, I was nervous about trying out something that used so much of the command line. I like clicking, scrolling, and buttons that flash. Using a command line made me nervous. The one thing that didn’t make me nervous though, was the price tag(free). With the mindset of being technology savvy, and having nothing to lose, I decided to give it a whirl. Since then I have not only been opened up to a very good operating system, but have learned that maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad option for the education community. Let me explain…
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