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In a world where change is inevitable and Core IT development is nothing without the Opensource community,
one wonders how long it will take for technologies like Linux to gain more than 60% Desktop market share in a country like Nigeria.
Android already has proven to the world that GPL licensed software can go a long way in bringing about rapid
and best quality applications plus a stable platform for development.

In Nigeria, the server market still has a long way to go as we are stuck on Microsoft Windows Vendor Lockin and
very adamant to make changes (Even when we know Linux has taken center stage when it comes to the server market).
I recently deployed Fedora 19 on a client's Server box but you would not believe the amount of convincing i took
just to convince my Client of safety, update and ease of use. Ofcourse, technical support was provided and i had
to go a step further (by providing 2years support) as most Linux distributions only provide support for current releases.

Now these were their fears

Can a free OS be counted upon at any time?

Yes! he fact that it is free does not mean it is way below standard. Infact, you have thousands of top-class developers from around
the globe working on it, providing bug fixes, patches and more. Also, you also have a team of experts assigned to push these up-stream packages
and fixes into the finished or ready to use Operating system.

Hackers use Linux as base dont they?

Only a Hacker can catch a hacker. The term hacker was never a back tag on a computer guru, these days we confuse hackers for crackers. Anyway,
Linux was built with security in mind and has always proven to be more sucured and to a great degree, virus-free when compared to MS Windows.
With a few tweaks, updates bug fixes, patches, port changing and security measures in place, you're safe enough to deploy a great deal on or offline.

We love the free servers that come with it but is there a catch?

No! there's no catch to this. It's as free as it gets. Maria Database provides you pretty much the same features as MySQL, Apache is more powerful and
popular on most webservers when compared to IIS, Samba does a great Job if you intend you intend to share files locally or not. Plus these servers are
in constant development by opensource developers everyday.


If this good why not as popular as Microsoft Windows?
Well, if users like yourself and more corperate bodies lear to embrace Linux with people like us and the entire Linux community providing the needed
support it will in this part of the world. Ubuntu Linux is by far a popular OS, Fedora as well. Soon enough the Nigerian public will realise the immense
opportunities they stand to get of contributing to these great projects and using Linux
Emeka Bethel http://gtbensmag.com

nice post . i really wanna dual linux with win7 ...just waitinq for free browsinq tweaks so i can downlod the iso

Personally, I would love to try all these linux stuffs, but I don't know anything about it. I would love to dual boot with windows 8, so any guru in the house, should kindly help us out, please.

jiggar: Personally, I would love to try all these linux stuffs, but I don't know anything about it. I would love to dual boot with windows 8, so any guru in the house, should kindly help us out, please.

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